Ahmadu Bello University’s College of Agriculture and Animal
Science (CAAS), Mando, Kaduna, has lamented non-adherence to the court order
stopping the Kaduna State government and its agencies from forceful take over
of its land.
Dr Hassan Hamidu, Provost of the College, while briefing
newsmen in Kaduna, said that the encroachment had exposed the school to
security threats.
The Provost said, “Despite a court order dated 18th January,
2022, restraining the government and its agencies from encroaching on the
College land, the agencies have moved in to demolish the school fence and
started clearing its land.”
He added that the Court order stated categorically that the
Kaduna State government and its agencies should restrain from trespassing, entering
and or carrying out any action on the said land till after the determination of
the suit.
Hamidu further explained that according to the order signed
by Jafaru Ibrahim, the Registrar of the Kaduna State High Court, Zaria
Division, the order shall subsist pending the determination of the Motion on
Notice already filed, along with the Writs of Summons and Statement of Claim.
According to him, the demolition of the fence allegedly
carried out by the Kaduna State Government agencies had exposed the College,
staff and students to security threats, considering the ravaging cases of
kidnapping and banditary in that axis.
He explained that he sees the action of the Kaduna State
government as a desperate act to take over the College’s land.
According to Hamidu, in 2012, a committee headed by the then
Comptroller of Works and Housing, was set up to demarcate the land between the
College of Agriculture and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, explaining that
while submitting its reports in 2014, the committee advised the Mando College
to fence its own entire boundary to prevent further encroachment, which was
duly carried out and has been serving as a grazing area for the college’s
livestock.
He noted that despite the fencing that was done, attempts
were made to take the land from the College.
It was observed that bulldozers were pulling down the fence
and clearing the land.
The Director General of KADGIS, Mrs. Altine Jibrin, when
contacted, declined comments on the matter, saying it was still in court.
Jibrin, however, declined further comment on the bulldozers
sighted by journalists at the site. She simply stated that the agency does not
operate with bulldozers.
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