Former Kano State governor, Abdulahi Ganduje, his wife, son and five others are to appear before a Kano State High Court on April 17,
Ganduje, who is presently the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, his wife, Hafsat Ganduje, their son, Umar Abdullahi Umar and five are to face eight-count charges bordering on bribery allegation, misappropriation and diversion of public funds running into billions of naira.
A writ of summons sighted by newsmen on Tuesday, showed that they are to appear before Justice Usman Malam Na’aba of the State High Court.
The charges reportedly center on accusations that Ganduje received bribes amounting to $413,000 and N1.38 billion. This development comes amid ongoing investigations into Ganduje’s conduct while in office as governor.
In the writ of summon, the respondents in the suit are listed as Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd and Lesage General Enterprises.
The Kano State Government in the criminal suit filed against the 8 respondents said it had assembled 15 witnesses to appear before the Court.
Confirming the development, the State Attorney General, Haruna Isah Dederi, said the case had been filed and all parties involved would be served accordingly.
He said, “It is very true. We have filed the case and it’s going to be held on the 17th of April, 2024. What I cannot confirm is whether he is served or not but he will definitely be served.
“What he (Ganduje) doesn’t understand is that you cannot run away from the evil day, it will definitely come to you and this will even serve as a deterrence to all of us that are also in government now.
“He was saying that we can’t prosecute him forgetting that the offense also falls under the category of the state offenses. It’s
