Muhuyi Magaji, the embattled head of the Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Grievances Commission, alleges that he’s facing pressure from certain individuals to probe the incumbent governor, Abba Kabir.
During his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Magaji shared that his investigations kicked off with Abdullahi Ganduje, the past governor of the North-Western state and incumbent National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“We are not desperate to prosecute Ganduje,” said the state anti-graft chairman who insisted that public officials be accountable.
When asked whether he would also probe the current governor, Magaji said, “That is what people are instigating.”
The Kano anti-graft chairman, who said he was being viewed as a “stubborn person” in some quarters, insisted that the court ruled that money laundering was a federal offence but the commission has the right to probe alleged corruption and maladministration by the Ganduje administration.
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Meanwhile, the Kano High Court would arraign Ganduje on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, on charges bordering on allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes.
Ganduje, who was Kano governor between May 2015 and May 2023, has been under pressure to resign his position as the APC national chairman.
The situation escalated on Monday as APC executives in Ganduje’s Kano ward suspended him, demanding that he prove his innocence regarding corruption allegations raised against him by the state government.
Contrarily, the party’s state executives swiftly nullified the suspension and penalized the implicated ward officials.