- A Federal High Court in Kano has been asked to stop the ongoing probe of bribery allegations against the state governor
- The request was made by Abubakar Sani, an Abuja-based lawyer
- Sani made the request in a suit marked FHC/KN/CS/167/2018 and filed before the court on November 9
A lawyer based in Abuja has asked the Federal High Court in Kano to stop the Kano state House of Assembly from continuing its investigations into the bribery allegations levelled against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Abubakar Sani in a suit marked FHC/KN/CS/167/2018 said the Kano state House of Assembly lacked the power to carry out such investigations on the governor.
Punch reports that Sani also urged the court to rule that the Code of Conduct Bureau is the only institution constitutionally competent to carry out such investigation against a governor.
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Citing paragraphs 6 (1)&(2), 12 of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers contained in Part 1 of the 5th Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, Sani said the Act empower only the CCB established by Section 153(1) of the Constitution to investigate such allegations.
He also said the suit against the investigation on the governor is in the interest of the public.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had refused to comment on whether Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, was on a probe.
The governor has been in the news for some time after he was caught on camera receiving dollars from contractors.
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However, the acting chairman while briefing reporters on the achievements of his tenure on Monday, November 12, refused to answer questions on whether the Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, was on a probe.
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