Bribe Video: New Twist as Court Gives Verdict on Ganduje's Fate

• A Federal High Court in Kano ruled that the allegation against Abdullahi Ganduj was a federal matter, and it was only the EFCC or the attorney general of the federation who could investigate him
• The court said the state government did not have the legal standing to investigate the APC national chairman over the alleged dollar bribery scandal
• Ganduje is under investigation over bribery allegations after being seen collecting bonds of dollars from a contractor in a video when he was governor

Kano - Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Kano state, has been freed from the dollar bribery scandal.

The Federal High Court in Kano ruled that the state's anti-corruption and public complaints commission cannot investigate the former governor.

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According to Premium Times, Justice Abdullahi Liman, in his judgment, stated that the allegation against Ganduje was a federal offense, and it falls under the jurisdiction of the attorney-general of the federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Reacting to the case's verdict, Usman Fari, the counsel to the anti-graft agency, said the state would challenge the judgment of the federal high court at the Court of Appeal, a Vanguard report added.

Story of Ganduje receiving dollars in video

Recall that in July 2023, Ganduje appeared before the agency over the alleged bribery scandal captured in a viral video.

The APC national chairman approached the Federal High Court to challenge the agency's right to probe him.

The viral video had captured the former governor receiving packs of dollar notes from a contractor and keeping them in his Agbada pocket.

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At the end of his tenure as state governor, Kano's anti-corruption commission invited Ganduje to appear to clear his name, but he declined.

Ganduje later emerged as the national chairman of the APC after leaving office as governor of Kano.

Kano governor Yusuf sends message to Ganduje

Legit.ng earlier reported that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano told Ganduje that he would not be leaving the NNPP.

Ganduje earlier enjoined Yusuf to join the APC. But in a statement via his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the governor said leaving one's political party is like leaving a home and moving to another.

Yusuf said there are established procedures for defection, adding that Ganduje, being a former governor and deputy governor, should be well acquainted with these protocols.

Source: Legit.ng