The Federal Government has raised the alarm over the alleged action of Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i-led government in Kaduna State, which it claimed exposes the staff, and students of Federal Government College, Malali to security threats.
It has also dragged the Kaduna State government to court asking for an order of perpetual injunction restraining her (defendant) from committing further acts of trespass on Federal Government College land in the State.
Highly-placed government sources told newsmen in Abuja at the weekend, that the Government was worried over the security of students and staff of the FGC as schools resumed for academic studies on Sunday, following the encroachment by the Kaduna State government.
One of the sources privy to the matter hinted that the letter to the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), through the Federal Ministry of Education, was to ensure that the students and staff as well as the school properties were protected as the Kaduna State government has already started pulling down some part of the perimeter fence of the unity school.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has dragged the Kaduna State Government to the High Court of Kaduna State.
In the writ of summons, the Federal Government is seeking, among others, “A declaration that the claimant through the FGC Kaduna are the rightful owner of all the land comprised in the FGC and including the land at the bank of River Kaduna.
“A declaration that the FGC, Kaduna be allowed to achieve its mandate in peace as enshrined in the Act establishing it and as provided under the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
“An order of restoration of the fence pulled down by the defendants to its original status; an order of prohibition forbidding the defendants from depriving the claimant the use of all the land granted the college through the claimants in achieving their mandate.
“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants whether by to themselves, agents, servants or privies from committing fur6acts of trespass on Federal Government College land, Kaduna”.
No date is yet fixed for hearing of the matter.
