Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned the State ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for questioning over the controversial dollar video.
Recall that videos captured by an investigative journalist, Jafa’ar Jafa’ar, revealed Ganduje collecting wads of dollars as kick-backs from contractors in 2018. The ex-governor had denied the allegation, saying the videos were doctored.
Chairman of PCACC, Muhuyi Rimingado, while speaking at a one-day public dialogue on the ‘Anti-Corruption Crusade in Kano’, on Wednesday, said the videos had been authenticated. Speaking on a television programme yesterday, Rimingado said the videos were subjected to forensic analysis which indicated that they were authentic.
He also revealed that the Commission had written and dispatched an invitation letter to the former governor to appear before the commission to provide the necessary information in the ongoing investigation.
He noted that the agency’s belief in the legal maxim of “innocent until proven guilty” will apply to Ganduje as it does to all and that it believed the investigation will allow the ex-governor to finally get to clear his name in the controversy. He said, “We will provide ample opportunity for him to defend himself”.
In the same vein, the State government has filed a notice of withdrawal of a suit, before Federal High Court Kano, against Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking to stop it from further inviting, investigating or interrogating the immediate past Governor of Kano state Abdullahi Ganduje.
Furthermore, the Executive Chairman and Director Finance, SUBEB as well as the Accountant General of Kano State, would testify on the Video clips of alleged bribery allegation against former Governor of the state.
In a notice of discontinuance with the case, instituted by the Solicitor-General Kano State Ministry for Justice, Mrs. Amina Yusuf Yargaya, the application is brought pursuant to Order 50 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules 2019, as amended.
This information is contained in a letter signed by the Kano Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, dated 4th July, 2023, and addressed to Sanusi Musa, SAN).
Recall that Kano state government under the former Governor Ganduje, through Ministry of Justice issued a fiat instrument to a law firm to institute the case, seeking to restrain EFCC to investigate the controversial dollar video. However, the new Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf instructed the Ministry under the present Attorney-General to discontinue the case.
