Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor,
on Friday failed to appear before the state house of assembly committee
investigating the videos of him allegedly receiving kickbacks from contractors.
The governor sent Muhammadu
Garba, commissioner for information, and Ibrahim Mukhtar, justice commissioner,
to represent him.
Ganduje was said to be busy
attending to pressing engagements at the government house.
According to the justice
commissioner, the letter of invitation gave Ganduje the option of sending a
representative or a written document as provided by the country’s constitution.
The information commissioner,
lawyer to the governor, submitted his position on the alleged bribery videos.
The governor denied collecting
bribe from contractors, saying the video clips were aimed at tarnishing his
image politically.
He said: “Such untruth
publications was done to the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi the II and
also to the former Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.”
Baffa Danagundi, chairman of the
committee, commended the commissioners for standing in for the governor.
He said the committee will
scrutinise the video on Tuesday in the presence of the representatives of both
parties to the matter.
Daily Nigerian has so far
published no less than three videos showing Ganduje allegedly receiving
kickbacks in dollars.
The justice commissioner, who is
also the state’s attorney general, praised the state assembly committee for its
fairness in the handling of the issue.
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