Governor Ganduje of Kano state says he is innocent of the allegation of bribery against him
- The Kano commissioner for information, Muhammad Garba, who represented the governor, says the allegation has injured the governor
- The committee commended Garba for honouring the invitation in place of the governor
The governor of Kano, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Friday, November 2, told the state House of Assembly that he does not know anything in relation to the trending videos of his alleged receipt of bribes from contractors carrying out projects.
Testifying before the House committee, Ganduje said the allegation against him were injurious to his person.
The governor said the video clips released by the publisher of Daily Nigerian was aimed at tarnishing his image politically.
Speaking on behalf of the governor, the commissioner of information, Muhammad Garba, who represented Ganduje, said he was at the assembly complex to represent the governor due to the options provided by the committee in its letter.
The governor, in the document presented before the committee, had denied collecting the bribe from the contractor as alleged by the publisher of the online newspaper.
According to the document, the governor stated that such had never happened with him and will never happen even in the future time.
Ganduje, in the letter, called on the public to discard such allegations as it did not happen. He called on such publishers to avoid such publications that can tarnish the image of leaders.
“Such untruth publications was done to the emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi the II and also to the former governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau,” Ganduje said in the document.
Also commenting on the issue, the commissioner of justice, Barrister Ibrahim Mukhtar, and the state’s attorney general commended the way and manner the committee handled the issue by given fair hearing to the both parties.
According to him, the governor has options as stated in the letter presented to him on the invitation as the committee gave an option for him to send a representative or a written document as provided by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The chairman of the committee, Alhaji Baffa Danagundi, commended the representative of the governor for honouring the committee’s request.
Danagundi said the committee would thoroughly watch the video in the presence of the representatives of both parties but not publicly.
