The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, along with his wife, son, and five others, are set to be arraigned in court on April 17, 2024, over allegations of multibillion-dollar fraud.
The charges include dollar bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, totaling $413,000 and N1.38 billion.
The respondents named in the suit are Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd, and Lesage General Enterprises.
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The Kano State Government, as the plaintiff, has prepared 15 witnesses for the trial scheduled before Justice Usman Na’aba of State High Court number four.
Daily Trust reports the State Attorney General, Haruna Isah Dederi, confirmed the filing of the case and assured that all parties involved will be duly served.
“It is very true. We have filed the case, but what I can not confirm is whether he is served or not, but he will definitely be served,”
“What he (Ganduje) doesn’t understand is that you can not run away from the evil day. It will definitely come to you, and this will even serve as a deterrence to all of us.
“He was saying that we can’t prosecute him, forgetting that the offence also falls under the category of the state offences. It’s not totally a Federal affair.”
