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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ganduje Ward, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, has suspended the national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, over alleged corruption.
The suspension was announced by Malama Haladu Gwanja Ganduje, legal adviser of the ward, during a press briefing in Kano on Monday.
Gwanja stated that the party had to take the decision for prosperity sake, adding that Ganduje will remain suspended pending the outcome of the corruption allegation levelled against him by the Kano State Government.
But in a swift reaction, the APC State Secretary in Kano State, Zakari Sarina, said it was a case of impersonation.
“This is a case of impersonation. We will be issuing a formal statement on this very soon,” he said.
Recall that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had set up two panels to probe corruption and political violence between 2015 and 2023, when Ganduje governed the state.
Subsequently, a Kano State High Court fixed April 17, 2024 for the arraignment of Ganduje, his wife, and six others.
They are to be arraigned on eight-count charges bodering on dollar bribery allegation, diversion and misappropriation of funds including alleged $413,000 and N1.38 billion bribery, among others.
Other defendants 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.