One week after reports of demolition of a property worth 250 Million belonging to the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II, by the Kano State Government, the administration has requested the monarch’s account number for compensation.
This is contained in a statement on Wednesday by Murtala Shehu Umar,
Public Relations Officer, Kano State Bureau for Land Management.
The property, located at Ibrahim Dabo Road, was demolished to pave way for the ongoing flyover and underpass being constructed at the Dangi Roundabout area.
The demolition of structures within the land and the fence was supervised by the Commissioner of Works, Engineer Muaz Magaji, on Friday, 15 November 2019.
Officials of the Ministry of Lands disclosed that Emir Sanusi purchased the 1.2-hectare land in 2010 at a cost of 200 Million and that the land was recently valued 250 Million at a commercial rate.
But the state government has insisted that payment would be made in accordance with the statutory land rate – N4.5million.
Umar said the government did not seize “any land belonging to the Monarch. Although as the general public is aware that the present administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is constructing a gigantic Underpass, first of its kind in the country at Dangi on Zaria road, and due to the nature of design and size of the underpass some structures within the area were affected and needed to be removed from the area. Dailypost