- A civic group, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA) has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria
- The group is calling for the investigation of Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was accused of receiving several bribe
A civic group, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA) has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, to investigate the corruption allegations levelled against Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
The group, in a letter signed by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, it said the request became necessary following the refusal of Mr Ganduje to appear before the committee set up by the state House of Assembly to probe allegations against him.
The letter read: “Your Lordship, in this particular case, we wish to invite your office to activate this inherent power as vested on you by the ICPC Act to launch a thorough investigation into the lingering scandalous $5 Million dollar bribery allegations against the current Governor of Kano state.
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“Dr Ganduje had denied the videos, saying they were photoshops. However, it is worth noting that Mr Jaafar had last month, honoured the invitation of the Kano State House of Assembly investigating the bribery scandal, where he tendered many other video clips showing the allegedly governor collecting bribes from contractor at different times”, the group explained in the letter.
“Mr Jaafar also at the said investigative hearing reiterated the allegation, explaining how a contractor working for the Kano state government had agreed to attach cameras to his kaftan in order to capture the videos. He also stressed that the video clips were authentic and had not been doctored in any way.
"The Kano State House of Assembly investigative committee set up to probe the allegations has summoned the governor to appear before it, while also asking the governor to come with his lawyers if he so wishes and also requested for a written, signed and dated statement of the governor on or before the date of the hearing. The committee also said that copies of the video clips showing the governor receiving bribes in dollars were also sent to him for ‘perusal.’
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“It is, however, disheartening that up until the time of this letter, the governor has neglected, failed and or refused to appear before the said committee and rather sent the State Commissioner of Information, Mohammed Garba to represent him at the hearing."
Legit.ng earlier reported that former governor of Kano state, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, November 27, said he was aware of the viral video showing Governor Umar Ganduje receiving money from some contractors.
Kwankwaso who is Ganduje's predecessor said he did everything possible to stop the release to the public to no avail.
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