Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate past Governor of Kano State has been charged for allegedly collecting $200,000 from a contractor by the state government.
According to online news platform, The Cable, the charge was filed before the Kano High Court by the NNPP-led state government.
The charge sheet said the offence contravene Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Commission Commission Law 2008.
The state government also accused Ganduje of collecting $210,000 kickback from “people and entities seeking or holding the execution of Kano State Government contract and or project for the remodelling of Kantin Kwari textile market as a bribe through one of the contractors (agent)”.
However, neither the Attorney General of the state, Haruna Dederi, nor the former Governor or his associates were available to respond to questions from the press.
The defendants in the case are Ganduje, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lesaga General Enterprises.
The APC chairman and those close to him had severally denied the allegation, saying the video was doctored to bring the former governor to disrepute.
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