The Atyap Community Development Association has said its proscription by the immediate-past Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, did not follow due process.
Recall that the former governor, less than 24 hours to his exit from office, declared the association as “unlawful society in the State” and signed an order to proscribe it.
The former governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, who released a statement on the proscription order, stated that: “Atyap Community Development Association has constituted itself into a society that is inimical to the peace of the state and has been covertly involved in acts capable of endangering the peace, tranquility, harmonious coexistence and good governance of Kaduna State”.
Atyap community is in Zango-Kataf local government area in Southern Kaduna.
However, the association shot back at the former governor, describing the proscription as illegal, null and void, adding that the order was “immoral and oppressive”.
The association’s National President, Samuel Achie, said the association was never served with any notice or instrument proscribing it.
