Kano State government has filed a fresh suit against the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar...
KANO — The Kano State government has filed a fresh suit against the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar and six others before a State high court.
A copy of the suit filed by the prosecution counsel, Muhuyi Magaji Esq and others indicates that the government is dragging Ganduje and seven others before the court on eight count charges concerning dollar bribery allegation, misappropriations and diversion of funds running into billions of naira. “That you, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Sometime between the period of February 2017 or there about, at Kano in the Kano Judicial Division, while serving as the Governor of Kano State and being a public servant in the government of Kano State agreed to do or caused to be done an illegal act, to wit, dishonestly and/or corruptly to your own advantage collected a kick back of the sum of $ 213,000 being money generated from people and entities seeking or holding the execution of Kano State Government...
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