Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described Kano Governor Kabir Yusuf’s claim of hired miscreants stealing documents the state was using to prosecute him from the state’s high court as “a huge joke”….READ FULL ARTICLE...READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
Ganduje, the former Kano governor, spoke on Thursday through Edwin Olofu, his chief press secretary. He said that Yusuf’s claims called into question his ability to secure the state.
The former governor also questioned if the state’s lawyers did not have copies of the court documents and if the court did not have digital copies of the proceedings.
On Wednesday, Yusufpressmen that “enemies of the state hired undesirable elements” to steal court documents relating to the charges filed against Ganduje during the August 1-10 #EndBadGovernance protest.
Reacting to this, Ganduje’s statement read, “It is laughable that governance has been reduced to a huge joke in Kano where a state government could condescend low to suggesting that demonstrators broke into a court and carefully selected documents relating to the trial of the APC national chairman, handpicked and take them away in this digital age.
“No discerning mind will buy into this pedestrian propaganda. What happened to the documents with the government’s lawyers? The state government is bereft of ideas on how to run the affairs of the state and has always resorted to churning out myriads of corruption allegations against Ganduje and his family, who served the state diligently.
“This claim is nothing more than a desperate attempt by Governor Yusuf’s administration to divert attention from their culpability in the violence that erupted in the state. The insinuation that such critical documents could be carted away during a protest is a clear indication of the state’s growing incompetence in handling both security and legal matters.
“Governor Yusuf should understand that the words and actions of leaders carry weight and have dire consequences. We stand with the people of Kano and call on all well-meaning citizens to remain calm and law-abiding while the authorities conduct their investigations.”
The state filed
at least two charges against Ganduje, his wife and aides. They were accused of bribery to the tune of $413,000 and N1.38 billion….READ FULL ARTICLE
