Land grab: Court orders Kano LG chair, applicant to maintain status quo

A Kano State high court presided over by Justice Jamilu Shehu Suleiman has restrained Alhaji Abdullahi Garba Ramat, executive chairman of Ungogo LGA, Kano, and two other respondents from taking any further action on a farm belonging to one Alhaji Dauda Ibrahim (applicant) pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice.

Other respondents in the suit, No:K/235/2022, including Lawan Sada Dambatta, Ungogo LGA land officer, and Garba Bilyaminu, surveyor of the LGA.

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In an application dated March 2, filed by counsel to the applicant and accompanied by a four-paragraph affidavit deposed to by one Kabiru Sani, a litigation clerk of the law firm of M.A Abdussalam and Co, contained a written address in support of the application.

Similarly, in the application, a Certificate of Occupancy (CofO), letter of grant and sales agreement between original land allottee and Alhaji Dauda Ibrahim were attached as exhibits. The complainant, through his counsel, prayed the court to restrain the defendants from further grabbing his farm.

In his ruling, Justice Suleiman ordered that all parties in the suit should maintain the status quo until the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.