The Kano State Government is bent on
converting the scene of the bus station
bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor
Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo
traders and transporters who built and
developed the park to relocate to another
place to give way to another Islamic school
in the place. The governor, to buttress the
seriousness of his threat, had earlier
blocked the back gate of the luxury bus park
towards the New Road/ Ibo Road junction
and commenced clearing of the site and
building of sections of the Islamic school.
A day before the bus station blast which
killed over 65 Igbo travelers, the governor
sent some thugs and state security outfit to
the place to warn the traders and bus
owners to vacate the place immediately or
face bloody consequences. The Igbo
communities were preparing to send a
delegation to beg the governor to change
his mind on the day the bomb exploded.
Governor Kwakwanso is yet to either visit or
send any top government official to condole
the Igbos who lost lives and properties
including five luxurious buses in the inferno
but had visited Borno State and donated
N100 million naira to victims of Baga
incidence.
The Igbo leaders noted that on the day the
blast occured, none of the Muslim
indigenous workers at the site of the Islamic
school and other sites around the bus
station reported for work, fueling suspicion
that the locals were pre-informed about the
bomb blast . There is an allegation that
Governor Kwakwanso told aides that the
blast was Allah’s way of driving away his
enemies and paving way for the Islamic
school.
This was contained in a secret report the
Ohaneze follow up team to Kano set up after
the earlier visit of the Ohaneze leadership
sent to select Igbo leadership . The follow
up team discovered that there was no single
security at the luxury bus park as at the time
of their arrival and were worried that
another blast could easily take off in the
place. The team also discovered that
Association of Luxury Bus Owners( ALBON),
Kano State Branch, had already taken the
Kano State Government to court over the
park but the Governor defied the court and
went on with his intentions.
The Igbo leaders in Kano lamented that the
collateral casualty at the bus station could
have been less had the governor not earlier
ordered the closure of the back exit gate
which connected the New Road to Ibo Road
and as such when the blast occurred, there
was no way for the other buses loaded with
passengers to escape. The only exit being
the Tudun Wada Road which connected the
Airport road . The controversial bus park
was an empty land sold to Anglican church
fifty years ago and the church leased it to
the luxury bus owners who developed the
bus station to ensure greater security for
non-indigenous travelers in the religious
volatile state. The bus station is located in
Sabon Gari, an area mapped out for
strangers and non-indigenes . Therefore,
the attempt by the State Government to
forcibly convert the bus park to Islamic
school is unfair as there are other empty
lands all over Kano metropolis they can use
for Islamic school.
Earlier on the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero was
under fire by elements within Kano State
Government and some notable contenders
for the Emir-ship throne for providing
palace guards to secure Ohaneze leaders
when they visited Kano two weeks before
the follow up team came. They derided the
Emir for providing security for the Ohaneze
chieftains, alluding that they should have
procured their President Jonathan to secure
them. The Emir equally sent his first son to
condole with the Igbos after the bloody bus
blast .
The follow up team reported their findings
to appropriate security agencies and sent a
report to the leadership of Ohaneze and
select Igbo leaders. The Igbos in Kano
lamented that in one year over 63 persons
have been secretly executed by Boko Haram
agents either in their shops, offices or
homes and if the number of those who died
through bombings is included, about three
hundred lives have so far been lost. They
called on the Igbo leadership to come to
their rescue or else they will bear heavy
arms for self protection.
It is expected that the Ime Obi Ohaneze will
deliberate on the matter in consultation
with Igbo leaders and if possible take the
matter up with the Kano State Government
and the presidency. The Igbo leadership
have asked the Ohaneze leader in Kano to
ensure that Igbos do not take laws into
their hands until the issue is resolved with
the appropriate authority. How quick the
Igbo leaders will act on this sensitive issue is
another kettle altogether.

Ok perhaps this was the initial motive behind the bombing of the bus park...now we know

this is a grievous allegation and I pray u got your sources right. However I dont see any rationale behind such decision even in the aftermath of the unfortunate incidence. My heartfelt condolence to the victims of that sad day.