The Kano state house of assembly
has stopped investigating allegations that Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the
state, collected bribe from contractors.
This is in line with a court
order. A group known as Lawyers For Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria, had asked
the court to compel the assembly to halt the probe.
Ruling on an ex parte application
filed by one Muhammad Zubair, national coordinator of the group, A.T Badamasi,
a judge, had asked the lawmakers to suspend the probe.
But the assembly vowed not to
comply with the order.
Baffa Dan-Agundi, chairman of the
committee investigating the issue, had said the court order did not stop the
panel from continuing with the investigation.
“We have received a court order
that we should stop investigating the video clips showing Governor Abdullahi
Umar Ganduje, allegedly collecting bribe,” he said.
“We had a meeting today at the
assembly and according to our understanding; the court didn’t stop us from
investigating the allegations; the court only said status quo be maintained. As
such, we will continue with our work.”
But making a U-turn on Monday,
Dan-Agundi told the court that the assembly is a law-abiding arm of government,
hence, it would obey the court and suspend all forms of investigation on the
case pending the court judgement.
While adjourning the hearing on the
matter to Wednesday, Badamasi urged the committee to desist from inviting,
questioning, interviewing, examining any person related to the issue.
He also instructed the
investigative committee to stop any form of analysis on the bribery videos.
The committee had invited
Ganduje, who failed to appear but sent one of his commissioners and Jafar
Jafar, publisher of Daily Nigerian, the online platform which leaked the
videos.
One of the contractors who
levelled allegations against the governor had also agreed to testify at the
assembly.
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