A High Court in Kano State presided over by Justice Lawan
Wada has granted an injunction restraining the use of Kwankwasiyya inscriptions
on public buildings two years from the date of the injunction.
The plaintiffs, Abdullahi Maraya Barkum, Hamisu Danwawu, and
Hassan Sani Indabawa, had filed a case against former Governor, Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso in the State High Court challenging the inscription of Kwankwasiyya
names on public buildings.
According to the writ of the summons, the plaintiffs joined
the former Governor, his Attorney General, and Commissioner for Justice and the
State government as defendants, saying the law of the land prevents anybody
from using public funds to promote the personal ego of an individual against
the collective interest of the public.
In the judgment delivered by Mr. Wada, the judge ruled
that all public projects executed or being executed by the State government
were done with public funds on behalf of all the people and persons of Kano
State.
He granted perpetual injunction, stating that using public
funds to inscribe the name of an individual or private group on public
buildings in any form is illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.
The judge further granted an order of mandatory injunction
compelling the defendants to remove the Kwankwasiyya inscriptions from all
public properties in Kano State forthwith.
Mr. Wada also granted injunction restraining the defendants
from further inscribing the name Kwankwasiyya on any public properties in Kano
State.
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