A Federal High Court sitting in
Kano on Monday dismissed a suit seeking an order compelling the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Governor Abdullahii Umar
Ganduje for allegedly receiving bribe from a contractor.
The Judge dismissed the case for
lack of evidence on the grounds that the evidence before the court has not
shown that the EFCC has the record of the forensic analysis of the bribery
video allegations,
Justice Egwuatu added that the
evidence must be cogent and verifiable.
“The provisions of Freedom of
Information Act 2011, required that information requested must be a public
record and in the custody of the instruction of the organization so requested
from.
“The report ought to be given to
the Kano state House of Assembly ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the
matter, Egwuatu said.
A Kano based lawyer, Bulama
Bukarti had approached the court seeking an order to the EFCC to provide a
report of its forensic investigation analysis of the said video allegedly
showing Ganduje receiving bribe from an unknown contractor.
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