A Kaduna State High Court on Monday restrained the
Kaduna State government and the Kaduna Geographic Information
Service (KADGIS) from taking any action in respect to the Kaduna
residence of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi.
KADGIS had recently slammed Hunkuyi with a N31.4million fine for
allegedly not paying ground rent for 24 years on his residence
located at No. 18A, Inuwa Wada Road, Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna.
According to KADGIS, the fine included an accumulated ground
rent of 24 years.
The service had given Hunkuyi who represents Kaduna North
Senatorial zone in the senate, 30 days within which to pay the
bill.
However, Hunkuyi, through his counsel, Prof. Yusuf Dankofa had
approached the court, presided over by Justice G. I. Kurada for an
order restraining the state government, KADGIS and their agents
from taking any action in respect to the house.
Dankofa had maintained that the purported bill was concocted by
the defendants without any gazette or laws.
The court ordered the defendants and their agents against taking
any step or acting on the purported bill issued against Hunkuyi in
respect to the payment of the ground rent on the property in
question, pending the determination of a motion on notice.
The case was adjourned to March 21, 2018 for the hearing on
motion on notice.
Hunkuyi belongs to one of the factions of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna that is opposed to the
leadership style of Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
El-Rufai had earlier ordered for the demolition of the
secretariat of the Hunkuyi faction located at No. 11A, Sambo Road,
Kaduna and revoked the certificate of occupancy of the property
owned by the senator.
KADGIS had justified the demolition, maintaining that the
location of a party office in the area was a violation of land use
laws, adding that ground rent had not been paid on the property for
the past 10 years.
The property was re-allocated to the Kaduna State Urban Planning
and Development Agency (KASUPDA ) to construct a garden.
A Kaduna State High Court on Monday restrained the
Kaduna State government and the Kaduna Geographic Information
Service (KADGIS) from taking any action in respect to the Kaduna
residence of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi.
KADGIS had recently slammed Hunkuyi with a N31.4million fine for
allegedly not paying ground rent for 24 years on his residence
located at No. 18A, Inuwa Wada Road, Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna.
According to KADGIS, the fine included an accumulated ground
rent of 24 years.
The service had given Hunkuyi who represents Kaduna North
Senatorial zone in the senate, 30 days within which to pay the
bill.
However, Hunkuyi, through his counsel, Prof. Yusuf Dankofa had
approached the court, presided over by Justice G. I. Kurada for an
order restraining the state government, KADGIS and their agents
from taking any action in respect to the house.
Dankofa had maintained that the purported bill was concocted by
the defendants without any gazette or laws.
The court ordered the defendants and their agents against taking
any step or acting on the purported bill issued against Hunkuyi in
respect to the payment of the ground rent on the property in
question, pending the determination of a motion on notice.
The case was adjourned to March 21, 2018 for the hearing on
motion on notice.
Hunkuyi belongs to one of the factions of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna that is opposed to the
leadership style of Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
El-Rufai had earlier ordered for the demolition of the
secretariat of the Hunkuyi faction located at No. 11A, Sambo Road,
Kaduna and revoked the certificate of occupancy of the property
owned by the senator.
KADGIS had justified the demolition, maintaining that the
location of a party office in the area was a violation of land use
laws, adding that ground rent had not been paid on the property for
the past 10 years.
The property was re-allocated to the Kaduna State Urban Planning
and Development Agency (KASUPDA ) to construct a garden.