The Kano State Government has filed a notice of withdrawal of a suit before the Federal High Court in Kano against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking to restrain it from investigating former governor Abdullahi Ganduje over an alleged bribery scandal in video clips.
The state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mr. Haruna Dederi, initiated the action.
In a notice of discontinuance with the case, instituted by Mrs. Amina Yusuf Yargaya, Solicitor General, Kano State Ministry for Justice, the application is brought pursuant to Order 50 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules 2019 as amended.
Recall that the Ministry under the Immediate Past Attorney General has issued a fiat instrument to Sanusi Musa, SAN, from Aliyu & Musa Legal Practitioner, a law firm, to institute the case.
But apparently, in a turn of events, the Ministry under the present Attorney General has debriefed the learned silk to continue handling the case.
The state government withdraw the suit in a letter signed by the Kano Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, dated July 4, 2023, and addressed to Sanusi Musa, SAN.
“We write to notify you that the Kano State Government and the Attorney General of Kano State wish to debrief you of the earlier instructions given to you to handle the case No. FHC/KN/71/2023 BETWEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KANO STATE AND THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC).
“You and your team members are therefore instructed to take any further steps on the matter, either by appearing in court or filing any processes in respect of the case,” Kano’s Attorney General concluded.
It could earlier be recalled that the Federal High Court has restrained the defendant (EFCC) from taking any further steps in respect of the invitation, interrogation, and investigation of the Executive Chairman, Director of State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), and Accountant General of Kano State in connection with the video clips of bribery allegations against Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the immediate past governor of Kano State.
Daily Trust
