From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
A Kano High Court presided by Justice Musa Daihuru Mohammed has granted an ex-parte order staying the implementation of tenancy fees in Fegge LGA.
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The order will subsist pending the hearing and determination of the motion initiated by the Landlords/Caretakers Association, Kano State, against the local government area and a consulting firm–A.A.J Global Concepts Nigeria Ltd.
Having read the ex-parte motion, alongside a 29-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Kunle Johnson Ogunleye including a written address by the applicant’s counsel, the court directed the parties to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
The association had previously issued a statement decrying the tenancy rates implemented by the LGA, describing it as exorbitant.
“The tenancy rates were below N5000 until 2024 when they increased to N15, 000 for downstairs and N20, 000 for upstairs per annum. We complied and paid without complaining” said the statement signed by Basil Ulasi and Kunle Johnson.
“But to our surprise, in 2025, they brought some individuals, posing as consultants to Fagge Local Government Area -under the nomenclature of AAJ Global Consultancy Firm, who hiked the tenancy rates and fees to over N1 million,” the statement said.
The Association also lamented that, “The State Ministry of Land through what they call Kanjis is also demanding over N1.6m annual rates and fees from the same property the Fagge LGA is collecting tenancy rates and fees.”
The Association appealed to the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf to quickly intervene and call the authorities of the LGA to order
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