Tag: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

APC debunks viral video; says Presidency not after Ganduje

Aminu Imam
APC on Ganduje

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the report credited to its Kano State chapter of the Party that the Presidency may have been behind the move to remove the National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, from office. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made the rebuttal when he was featured as a guest on a television programme on Thursday. Recall that the Kano APC, through its spokesperson, Ahmad Aruwa, had on Wednesday accused the Presidency of undermining and conspiring against the APC national chairman. Aruwa made…

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Ganduje’s suspension: APC petitions IG, demands arrest of masterminds

Aminu Imam
APC petitions IG

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, asking him to go after nine suspects believed to have masterminded the suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, at the ward level in Kano State. The two-page petition was written by the APC National Legal Adviser, Prof. Abdulkareem Kana. The development comes in the wake of a court order secured by Ganduje at a Federal High Court in Kano to halt his purported suspension. The ruling was given on Wednesday, after Ganduje filed an…

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Kano court upholds Ganduje’s suspension as APC chairman

Aminu Imam
Court order Ganduje

Kano State High Court has granted an order restraining the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as a party member. The court also ordered Ganduje to stop presiding over the affairs of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC. It gave the ruling yesterday as an ex-parte order, meaning that the lawyers to Ganduje and the other adverse parties sued in the case did not participate in the hearing leading to the issuance of the order. The judge heard only the plaintiff’s lawyer.…

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Kano: Anti-corruption agency files fresh charges against Ganduje

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EFCC Ganduje

The Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission has announced new corruption charges and mal-administration against an ex-Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. According to the Commission’s chairman, Muhuyi Magaji, investigations uncovered the diversion of N51.3 billion from local government funds to unauthorised individuals during Ganduje’s tenure. Speaking during a television programme yesterday, Magaji alleged that the Ganduje administration withdrew N1 billion monthly from State coffers before its tenure ended in May 2023, purportedly for road renovation, but instead, diverted to Bureau-de-Change (BDC) operators. He also cited a case involving N4 billion transferred…

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Bribery Allegations: National Chairman, Ganduje suspended

Aminu Imam
Ganduje

…Kano APC voids suspension, sacks ward leaders The All Progressives Congress (APC) ward in Ganduje, Dawakin Tofa local government area, has suspended the Party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for alleged corruption. The announcement was made by the ward’s legal adviser, Halliru Gwanzo, who addressed newsmen yesterday, in Kano. Gwanzo cited allegations of bribery against Ganduje leveled by the Kano State government as the reason for the suspension. Gwanjo, said the ward accused the former Governor of gross misconduct and misappropriation of public funds during his administration in the…

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US Dollar Bribes: Tension high in Kano over planned arraignment of Ganduje, others

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Kano State’s political temperature seems to be rising to a disturbing point since the weekend as a result of apprehension among residents over the planned arraignment of the immediate-past governor of the state, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, some of his family members, former aides and firms, before the State High Court over allegations of corruption. The State capital city is apparently polarised along two political divides following the formal summon extended to the former two-time governor, his wife and six others by a Kano State High Court last Tuesday over allegations…

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Ganduje’s Probe: “I’m not witch-hunting anyone” – Gov. Yusuf

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Gov. Yusuf

Gov. Abba Yusuf, of Kano State, has clarified that the two Commissions of Inquiry established by his administration were not intended to target opposition members in the state. Responding to allegations from his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Yusuf stated that the probes aimed to promote transparency and accountability and address political violence in Kano. During a visit from the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, Yusuf emphasised the importance of ending political violence that has resulted in loss of lives and property. He assured that perpetrators would face consequences regardless of…

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Alleged Bribery: Kano court fixes April 17 for Ganduje, wife, son’s arraignment

Aminu Imam
Abdullahi Ganduje

A Kano State High Court has fixed April 17, 2024, for the arraignment of the immediate past governor of the State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others, for alleged bribery. Ganduje and the others will be arraigned on eight counts bordering on a $413,000 bribery allegation, diversion, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N1.38bn, among others. Recall that it had earlier reported that the Federal High Court in Kano ruled that the Kano Public Compliant and Anti-Corruption Commission lacks the power to investigate Ganduje over…

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Dollar video: Court stops Kano anti-graft agency from probing Ganduje

Aminu Imam

The Federal High Court in Kano yesterday, ruled that the Kano Public Compliant and Anti-Corruption Commission lacks the power to investigate the immediate-past state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, over video clips allegedly showing him receiving dollars from a contractor as kickbacks. While delivering his judgment, the presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Liman, said the offence is a federal offence that can be prosecuted by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Justice Liman, however, said the Kano anti-graft agency cannot investigate Ganduje. Meanwhile, speaking with newsmen shortly…

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“Tell Tinubu the truth, not what he hears in Villa” – Ex Gov. Fayemi tells Ganduje

Aminu Imam

A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has asked the All-Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to project the Party’s manifesto and relate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the true state of affairs and the feedback from various communities, not the information he gets in the Villa. Fayemi, a former chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), made the appeal during the public launch of a book titled: ‘APC and transition politics’, authored by a former National Vice-chairman (North West) of the APC, Salihu Mohammed…

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