The contractor behind the videos
showing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State purportedly receiving bribes,
has finally opened up on the matter.
He has also expressed his
readiness to testify before the Kano House of Assembly panel investigating the
issue.
In a letter sent to the chairman
of the investigative panel, through Saeed Muhd Twada, his lawyer, the
contractor, who was referred to as a ‘whistleblower’, said his allegation
against Ganduje is strictly personal and that he would appreciate if the
governor also appears in person at the panel.
He said his appearance before the
panel will be based on the fulfilment of some conditions which were listed in
the letter.
One of the conditions is that all
the video clips will be submitted to two experts for forensic analysis and
report: one, a serving officer of the Department of State Services (DSS) and
the other an expatriate, while their bills will be paid for by the state.
“That a Certified True Copy of
the Report(s) prepared by the experts shall be made available to our client
prior to his appearance,” the letter read.
“That our client has undertaken
to surrender to the experts, the device used in capturing all the events in the
video clips submitted and others yet to be submitted for discreet analysis and
scrutiny.
“That all the proposed questions
to be asked by the panel in the anticipated session shall not be more than TEN
(10) and shall be forwarded to our client in advance.
“That the sitting be restricted
to limited persons and that our client should be allowed to wear mask, bear
pseudo name and receive protection from authorities for himself, family and
business undertakings.”
The contractor also demanded that
the panel must also have in attendance the governor, Jaafar Jaafar, publisher
of Daily Nigerian newspaper, and one Aminu Daurawa.
The Assembly, under the
leadership of Alhaji Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, constituted a committee on October
15 to establish the authenticity of the videos.
Jaafar during his appearance
before the committee on October 15 insisted that the videos were genuine.
However, Governor Ganduje denied
collecting bribe from any contractor.
Testifying before the lawmakers,
Ganduje said the allegation levelled against him are injurious.
He added that the said video
clips released by the publisher of Daily Nigerian was aimed at tarnishing his
image politically.
The state Commissioner of Information,
Muhammad Garba 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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