Aisha Mercy Yakubu, chief executive officer (CEO) of Asher
Kings and Queens Restaurant in Kaduna state, says she will seek redress over
the demolition of her restaurant.
Last week, the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development
Authority (KASUPDA) demolished the restaurant over alleged immoral act.
It was alleged that the demolished building was the proposed
venue of a sex party — but a flyer attached to a tweet announcing the event had
no detail of the location of the party.
In a statement on Saturday, Yakubu said her business was
registered at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as a restaurant and an
event centre — not a hotel.
The CEO said on December 27 the VIP lounge was booked for an
event where a customer wanted to show appreciation to his own customers for
patronising him.
“Before the event proper commenced, a friend of mine and I
noticed an unusual movement around the main gate to the restaurant,as it was
half opened to avoid a crowded environment. We approached the main gate and on
getting there I saw two truck loads of heavily armed officers of the Nigeria
Police Force (NPF),” she said.
“I asked the team leader what was going on but he ignored my
question and said he will explain to me when we get to the Police Station,
Sabon Tasha Division.
”When we arrived at the Police station, my customer, who
accompanied me to the station, enquired what the matter was and the police
showed us a poster on a GSM phone belonging to one of the officers by name
Inspector Felix. It was a poster of an event titled; KADUNA SEX PARTY, which
the Police claimed the venue for the supposed ‘sex party’ was scheduled to hold
at my restaurant, even though with no address of where it will take place on
the poster.
“I denied knowledge of that event as there was nothing of
that sort taking place at the restaurant and I wouldn’t stoop so low to
entertain such illicit activity at my place, but the police refused to belief
me and had my friend and two of my staff detained for one night, one day, until
the customer that had earlier hired the place for usage on that fateful day was
also arrested the next day.”
Yakubu said she was released after paying N100,000 for bail
to one police officer called Felix.
“I noticed how incompetent the NPF were, i suggested to the
them to call the number on the supppsed ‘Kaduna Sex Party’ poster, which they
immediately put a call through and a name came out using the True Caller App as
MARVELLOUS AKPAN,” she said.
“The Police asked me to pay a fee of N20,000 for them to do
their job of tracking the user of the phone number, which I immediately paid
them so that they will swing into action.
“Marvellous Akpan was arrested the next. He was interrogated
and he obliged to owning the phone number on the poster and printing of the
poster which was posted on Social Media, assisted by a friend of his named Noah
and one other guy.
“On further interrogation, Mr Marvellous Akpan confessed to
the Police that he doesn’t know me and has never being to my restaurant nor
have any knowledge of its address.
“Mr Chimeze,who had hired the place was released, summarily,
after the successful arrest of Mr Akpan.”
Yakubu said on the day of the demolition of her property no
prior notice was given, adding that she lost a month-old pregnancy because of
trauma.
“I watched them pull down the building without allowing me
to remove any item before the demolition. As a result of the trauma, I lost my
one month old pregnancy,” she said.
“I plan to seek legal redress for defamation of my character
and the loss of my properties in the building.”
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