High Court in Kano on Monday ordered the Kano State House of
Assembly to stop investigating the videos showing the Governor of the state,
Abdullahi Ganduje, receiving bribe from a contractor.
Respondents in the case include Kano House of Assembly, Hon
Baffa Babba Dan-Agundi for members of the investigation committee and the state
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state, Ibrahim Mukhtar.
The state assembly ad hoc committee has slated November 6, 2018,
to watch the video clips in its process of investigation.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday late evening at Kano
NUJ press centre, the group Coordinator, Muhammad Zubairu, explained that the
Assembly has no legal right to investigate the case because it is a criminal
case that is supposed to be taken to court.
He further explained that the group had called the attention
of the Assembly on the 23rd of October but it still went further to call Jaafar
Jaafar, the publisher of the Daily Nigerian, that releases the video clips.
Zubairu said the group excused the Assembly because the
sitting took place on October 25 shortly after they warned them against it.
But to their dismay the Assembly went further to invite the
state Governor Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje for investigation and slated 6th of
November to watch the video clips for which the group acted.
The injunction issued is called a status quo ante which
renders the committee and what it had done so far null and void.
Responding on what action the group will take if the
Assembly refuses to abide by the order Zubairu said they will sue the Assembly
for contempt of court.
The state House of Assembly, under the leadership of Alhaji
Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, constituted a committee on October 15 to establish the
authenticity of the videos.
An online newspaper, DAILY NIGERIAN had on October 14 and 15
exclusively published two videos of showing Mr Ganduje allegedly receiving
bribe in dollars.
Consequently, the
publisher/editor-in-chief of DAILY NIGERIAN, Jaafar Jaafar testified before the
committee on October 15 where he insisted that the videos were genuine.
Last week on Friday, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has
denied collecting bribe from any contractor.
Testifying before the house, Ganduje said the allegation
labeled against him are injurious.
Ganduje said the video clips released by the publisher of
Daily Nigerian was aimed at tarnishing his image politically.
The Commissioner of Information, while reading out the
written response to the Committee, said, “I have the instruction of His
Excellency, the Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (OFR) to
write as follows:
“That His Excellency, the Governor of Kano state
categorically and unequivocally denied the allegation of collecting bribe from
contractors as alleged by the publisher of the online newspaper, Daily
Nigerian.
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