The Kano State Government has initiated new legal proceedings against former Governor Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, filing a fresh charge accusing him and erstwhile Commissioner for Justice Musa Lawan of criminal conspiracy and misappropriation.
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This development was disclosed in a charge sheet marked with case No. K/143c/24.
According to the state government, the charges are in violation of Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Penal Code (as amended) CAP 105, Vol. 2, Laws of Kano State.
The allegations also include abuse of office, punishable under Sections 97 and 315 of the same Penal Code.
The government’s filing indicates its intention to present four witnesses in the case, although no specific date has been set for the arraignment.
Court orders substituted service on Ganduje, wife, others in alleged multi-billion-naira misappropriation case
Earlier, Daily News 24 that a Kano State High Court 7, sitting at Miller Road, granted an order for substituted service on the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, in connection with an alleged sale of government properties worth billions of naira.
The presiding judge, Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu, issued the order following intense legal arguments between counsels for both the applicants and defendants. The legal teams, led by Nuraini Jimoh SAN and Barrister Zaharadeen Kofar Mata, include Ganduje, his wife Hafsat Ganduje, Lamash Properties, and other defendants.
Previously, the State Chief Judge, Justice Dije Abdu Aboki, had transferred the corruption case involving Ganduje and seven others from Kano High Court 4, presided over by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, to Court 7, now presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu.
Ganduje, his wife, son, and five others face an eight-count charge, including allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds amounting to billions of naira. Besides Ganduje and his family members, other parties named in the suit include Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd, and Lesage General Enterprises.
