Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has been ordered to desist from demolishing or taking over Durbar Hotel Plc along the Muhammadu Buhari Way in Kaduna.

A High Court in the state on Tuesday gave a restraining order to the governor and all Kaduna state agencies not to do anything henceforth on the hotel, which was said to belong to the Abachas.

The restraining order was based on an ex-parte motion brought before the court by the hotel’s management and filed by counsel to the Abachas, Mr Reuben Atabor, who asked the court for an order of interim injunction restraining the Kaduna governor and agencies of the state government from demolishing, taking over, or tampering with the property.

Officials of Kaduna State Urban and Property Development Agency recently commenced the demolition of the hotel which has been under litigation between the Abachas and the federal government of Nigeria since 2001.

Justice Hanatu Balogun granted the order barring ....

https://judicialsketch.com/2020/01/22/dont-demolish-trespass-on-abachas-hotel-court-orders-el-rufai/

Half baked fight against corruption.

The hotel is also part of #AbachaLoot, why stop the government from reclaiming it?