The contractor behind the videos
showing Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, purportedly receiving bribes, says he
is ready to testify before the state assembly panel investigating the matter.
In a letter sent to the chairman
of the investigative panel, through Saeed Muhd Twada, his lawyer, the
contractor 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.
Daily Nigerian, an online
newspaper, had published multiple videos showing Ganduje allegedly receiving
kickbacks from contractors but the governor denied the allegations.
The Kano assembly subsequently
set up a seven-man committee to investigate the allegation.
The unidentified contractor,
however, said his appearance before the panel will be based on the fulfillment
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.
At a hearing of the panel in
October, Jaafar had insisted that the videos were authentic.
A high court in Kano on Monday
ordered the state house of assembly to stop investigating the allegations
against Ganduje following a legal action undertaken by a pro-democracy group
called Lawyers For Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria. But the panel has insisted
that it will continue with the probe.
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