Traffic agency bars luxury buses from entering Kano

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The Kano State road traffic agency (KAROTA) has issued an order, stopping owners of luxury buses from operating in Kano state.

The order followed an ex parte motion granted by a chief magistrate court at Gidan Murtala area of Kano state filed by the agency against an alleged disobedience of the orders of KAROTA by the luxury owners.

The ex parte motion, filed by Mutawakkil Muhammad, principal counsel of the state ministry of justice and secretary/legal adviser of Kano state road traffic agency (KAROTA) following the failure of luxury bus operators to obey the directive of KAROTA to relocate to Unguwa Uku motor park.

The managing director of KAROTA, Baffa Babba-Dan Agundi, while reacting to the court order said the legal move was taken due to the disobedience of the bus owners to relocate to the new park to continue their businesses. He warned that any luxury bus owner that violates the court order would be dealt with.