Court To Hear Corruption Case Against Ganduje, Wife, Others Feb 13
A Kano State High Court, on Wednesday, fixed the hearing of preliminary objections in the bribery and misappropriation case against Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and seven others for February 13, 2025.
The suit instituted by the Kano State Government, involves an eight-count charge of bribery, misappropriation, and diversion of public funds allegedly amounting to billions of naira.
Other defendants in the suit are Ganduje’s wife, Hafsat Umar, and others – Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lasage General Enterprises Limited.
At Wednesday’s proceedings, the court consolidated all applications presented by the defence counsel and adjourned for a unified hearing.
Counsel for Ganduje and two other defendants, M.N. Duru, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, asked the court to strike out an earlier application dated October 21, seeking facilities and a witness statement, while stating his intention to move a new application dated November 18.
Duru said that corrections were needed in the dates referenced in their affidavit and requested more time.
However, counsel for the applicants, Adeola Adedipe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, argued that Ganduje’s withdrawal of the application should be dismissed rather than struck out.
Adedipe stated, “We have filed our counter affidavit dated November 15, 2024, and two additional counter affidavits dated October 18 and October 21.
“My Lord, we urge the court to dismiss the withdrawal application as it has not been moved,” he said.
Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu, in her ruling, struck out Ganduje’s application and overruled objections raised by the applicants.
“The court will hear all preliminary objections on February 13, 2025,” Justice Adamu-Aliyu said.
Court To Hear Corruption Case Against Ganduje, Wife, Others Feb 13 is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
