GANDUJE’S PROBE: LAWYER ASKS COURT TO STOP INVESTIGATION
An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Abubakar Sani, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Kano, praying the court to stop the Kano State House of Assembly from continuing its ongoing investigations into the bribery allegations levelled against the Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Sani, in his suit marked FHC/KN/CS/167/2018 and which was filed on November 9, contended that the House of Assembly lacked the power to carry out such a probe.
But he urged the court to hold that the Code of Conduct Bureau is the only body constitutionally competent to undertake such an investigation.
According to him, the provisions of paragraphs 6(1)&(2), 12 of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers contained in Part 1 of the 5th Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 empower only the CCB established by Section 153(1) of the Constitution to investigate such allegations.
Sani, who said he filed his suit in the public interests and as a taxpayer, joined the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly and the Attorney-General of the state as the two defendants in the suit.
He recalled that sometimes in October 2018, the Speaker of the House of Assembly along with other members of the House set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate videos allegedly showing Ganduje receiving kickbacks for contracts awarded by the Kano State Government.
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