Garba Musa Kwankwaso, the younger brother of former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has filed a lawsuit against Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, seeking to halt actions on a disputed parcel of land in Kwankwasiyya City, Kano State.
The lawsuit, filed at the Kano State High Court, also lists the Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA), and the Attorney General of the State as respondents.
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Court documents reveal that the contested land, spanning over 100 hectares, was allocated to WAECO Nigeria Limited during Rabiu Kwankwaso’s administration. However, the allocation was revoked in 2017 under the leadership of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Investigations by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission later uncovered that WAECO, officially registered as Water and Agricultural Engineering Company Limited, was linked to Rabiu and Garba Kwankwaso as directors. The anti-corruption agency argued that WAECO was not legally recognized at the time of allocation, leading to its recommendation for revocation.
Following the revocation, parts of the land were reassigned to Mallam Kato Square, while other portions were returned to their original owners.
Despite pressure, Governor Yusuf reportedly declined to restore the land to WAECO, prompting Garba Kwankwaso to take legal action.
In his application, Garba Kwankwaso urged the court to issue an interlocutory injunction restraining the defendants “from entering upon, demarcating, beaconing, partitioning, building, allocating any part or doing any act adverse to the interest of the Plaintiffs/Applicants on the Plaintiffs/Applicants’ piece of land.” The land in question is identified as Survey Plan No. TP/KNUPDA/333 and is covered by Certificate of Occupancy No. LKN/COM/2013/84.
The application, supported by a nine-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Faith Job, a litigation secretary at P.A. Attabor & Co., was granted by Justice Usman Na’abba on November 13. The judge adjourned the case to November 27 for further hearing.
