ALLEGED BRIBERY: KANO COURT FIXES APRIL 17 FOR GANDUJE, WIFE, SON’S ARRAIGNMENT
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ALLEGED BRIBERY:
KANO COURT FIXES APRIL 17 FOR GANDUJE, WIFE, SON’S ARRAIGNMENT
A Kano State High Court has fixed April 17, 2024, for the arraignment of the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others, for alleged bribery.
Ganduje and 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.
IT WAS 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 an alleged $5m bribery video.
Justice Abdullahi Liman, while delivering his judgment, said the offence was a federal offence that could be prosecuted by the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice Liman said the Kano anti-graft agency had a limitation in investigating the former governor.
But on Monday, the state governor, Abba Yusuf, urged the EFCC to release the result of its probe into the alleged dollar bribery video involving Ganduje.
Yusuf, in a statement by his spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, said Ganduje should rather prepare to face his trial instead of talking about non-existent failure in the current administration.
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