The government claimed that the aerial view of the monument formed a cross.
The Kano State government has revealed the real reason for demolishing a cultural monument at a popular roundabout in the city.was designed in 2017 by Kaltume Bulama, a virtual artist, to mark the state’s golden jubilee.
Responding to the outrage that followed the demolition of the monument on Wednesday, the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Baffa, said the monument was pulled down because it carried the Christian symbol of the cross sign., said it was wrong for such a Christian symbol to appear on a public structure in Kano, which is a majority Muslim state.
“The design in the roundabout is blocking road users’ front view because of its size. Secondly, if you use a drone shot of the aerial view of the monument you will see a sign of a cross and in Kano we are 99.9 per cent if not 100 per cent Muslims you cannot put a cross sign in the front of a government house.“Photos showing Kano State has two big crosses, big ones! The one in front of the government house and the one built on the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange flyover at the Hotoro area.
The state government has demolished several structures mostly in commercial areas it claimed were illegally sold by the immediate past administration.
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