ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
Political victimisation suspected in demolition of APC chieftain’s house in Kaduna

Inuwa Abdulkadir's demolished house

Political victimisation suspected in demolition of APC chieftain’s house in Kaduna

byMohammed Lere
May 11, 2017
3 min read

Discordant tunes have continued to greet last month’s demolition of a house of a top politician in the Kaduna State capital.

A cross section of residents of the state have accused the state government of victimisation over the demolition. But the authorities said the structure was pulled down because it was being built without official permit.

Officials of the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority, KASUPDA, on April 5 pulled down the four-bedroom duplex still under construction at 11 Yakubu Avenue in Kaduna, the state capital.

The house belonged to the North-West National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Inuwa AbdulKadir, who is known to have a history of political disagreement with Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in spite of the two men being members of the same political party.

KASUPDA has insisted that the house was built without official permit, but skeptical residents pointed out that other private structures surrounding it on the street were left intact.

Pictures of the demolition have since gone viral on the internet.

PREMIUM TIMES spoke with some neighbours of the victim and other residents of the state.

Inuwa Abdulkadir's demolished house
Inuwa Abdulkadir’s demolished house

Ado Sani, a politician who said he had to travel all the way from Zaria to confirm the demolition, said he was shocked by the action of the state government.

“I am an APC member and I could not believe it when I was told that the state government did this to our regional leader. I said I had to come and see it myself.

RelatedNews

Reps to probe ‘missing’ 5.2 million barrels of crude oil

VIDEO: Nigeria receives 3.94 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Blood On Uniforms (1): Inside extra-judicial killings by police officers enforcing COVID-19 lockdown

VIDEO: Nigeria to receive COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday – Official

“I believe that whatever reason the state government will claim to have, singling one house out on a street and demolishing it speaks volume.

“Inuwa AbdulKadir is party man and a party chieftain, whatever fees that is required from him to pay he would have paid. I do not buy this idea of demolishing people’s homes for some flimsy excuses,” Mr. Ado said.

A neighbour who did not want his name mentioned for fear of victimization said, “Whatever dialogue cannot solve, fight will never bring any good answer.

Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)

Inuwa Abdulkadir's demolished house
Inuwa Abdulkadir’s demolished house
Inuwa Abdulkadir's demolished house
Inuwa Abdulkadir’s demolished house

“These two people should have sat down and iron things out instead. Demolishing a very big investment like this is not good and should never be embraced”.

Maryam Hassan, a human rights activist in Kaduna and a resident in the neighbourhood of the demolished house, said “I will only agree with the government if some kind of development is coming up on that street and it has to affect some houses there.

“The government will have to pay compensation to house owners before such demolition takes place. But in this case, singling out one residence among many casts suspicion on the government’s action and that is not acceptable.”

“Everybody is now afraid of El-Rufai, because he can pick on anybody anytime”, another resident in the area said.

“This is pure act of wickedness. El-Rufai is power drunk. He feels nobody does anything better than him. Nothing is going on in Kaduna. He started feeding school children and stopped. He demolished people’s houses in Zaria, he did nothing about it. He has been building drainages in Kaduna town for the past one year, but for many months it has stopped. We pray that he will also stop demolishing people’s houses and just work”.

Inuwa Abdulkadir's demolished house
Inuwa Abdulkadir’s demolished house

While many residents said they were not happy with the action of the state government, some however applauded the government for the achievements recorded in the state so far.

ADVERTISEMENT

“I want Kaduna to be rebuilt and El-Rufai is on the right track. We shall keep giving him that support.

“The only problem I have with him is this demolition. No single place demolished in Kaduna has been re-built since this governor took power. I beg him to just continue the good work and stay off demolition until those that were demolished are used for other things”, said a resident.

Mr. Abdulkadir, owner of the demolished house, told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview that the governor had sometimes back threatened to take such action against him.

The APC chieftain said the governor had made the threat in the presence of six other governors from the North West.

“I am not surprised by his action, it is a political vendetta. But I will not make further comment because the case is already in court.”

Also a senator and persistent critic of the governor, Shehu Sani, during a visit to Mr. Abdulkadir said his house was demolished because of his support for the senator.

Inuwa Abdulkadir's demolished house
Inuwa Abdulkadir’s demolished house

“I feel responsible for what happened to you because, if you have done the bidding or turned yourself to a stooge of those who want you to subvert the rule of law, your house wouldn’t have been demolished.”

“As far as I’m concerned, the action taken against you (Abdulkadir) is political and I also believe that your house was demolished because of your firm resolve in seeing that the party is run according to its constitution and the laws to which it was established, ‘the senator said.

Mr. Abdulkadir’s house was still under construction when it was pulled down by the state government.

According to the security man at the house, (Mai gadi) the house was about 95 per cent completed.

“The house was 95 per cent completed before the people from government came to demolish it. Hundreds of people have been coming to look at it since it was demolished,” said the security man.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (0)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Ekiti Assembly directs Fayose to institute panel to probe Fayemi’s administration

Next Post

My husband was sleeping with my personal assistants – Mercy Aigbe

Mohammed Lere

Mohammed Lere

More News

Former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State

Jigawa PDP expels former governorship candidate

March 3, 2021
Kaduna State map used to illustrate the story.

Again, bandits kill 6 in Kaduna — Official

March 3, 2021
Released Zamfara Jangebe Schoolgirls, (PHOTO CREDIT: Zamfara Govt House Press)

Zamfara Govt revises number of abducted Jangebe schoolgirls

March 2, 2021
Released Zamfara Jangebe Schoolgirls, (PHOTO CREDIT: Zamfara Govt House Press)

Our abductors threatened to ‘kill, fry and eat us’ – Jangebe Abductee

March 2, 2021
Zamfara State map

Insecurity: Buhari declares Zamfara ‘no fly zone’, restates ban on mining activities

March 2, 2021
Released Zamfara Jangebe Schoolgirls, (PHOTO CREDIT: Zamfara Govt House Press)

Repentant bandits negotiated release of Jangebe schoolgirls, no ransom paid – Zamfara Governor

March 2, 2021
Next Post
Domestic Violence: Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe writes open letter to estranged husband

My husband was sleeping with my personal assistants - Mercy Aigbe

INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

2019 Elections: INEC constitutes 16-member planning committee

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


NITDA Ad





Glo Ad

Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,627,657 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert
ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.