A forensic analysis has declared that the content of the 2017 viral video which captured former Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, allegedly receiving bundles of dollar notes as a bribe from a contractor and stuffing them in his flowing dress was not doctored but real video.
Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints
and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimingado made this known on Wednesday,
during “A One Day Public Dialogue on Anti-Corruption Crusade in Kano”, stating
that the authenticity of the videos had been confirmed.
According to Rimingado, since the release of
the video, he had been pressured from all quarters to either prove the
embattled governor’s innocence or guilt.
He added that since the commission commenced
an investigation into the allegations in 2018, proving Ganduje’s guilt or
innocence had been impossible because the former governor had immunity.
Recall that while Ganduje debunked the
contents of the video after it surfaced, the Kano State House of Assembly had
constituted a committee to investigate the allegations but the committee was
yet to submit its findings, before a new assembly was inaugurated on July 4,
2023.
However, the former governor had recently
requested a Kano State High Court to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission from investigating him over the matter.
In a suit filed before the high court, the
former Attorney General of the State prayed the court to restrain the EFCC from
probing Ganduje until a suit between the former governor and the publisher of
the Daily Nigerian, Jafaar Jafaar, was determined.
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