A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has dismissed a lawsuit
filed by a Kano based lawyer Bulama Bukarti asking the court to mandate the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the state
governor, Abdullahii Umar Ganduje, for allegedly receiving kickback from a
contractor.
Recall that in October 2018, videos purportedly showing the
governor receiving bundles of dollar notes from a road contractor surfaced
online. The governor has since denied the allegation, saying the videos were
doctored.
Bulama had approached the court seeking for an order
compelling the EFCC to provide report of its forensic investigation analysis of
the said videos.
However, delivering judgement in the suit today, Justice
Egwuatu dismissed the case on the grounds that the evidence brought before him
did not show that the EFCC has the record of the forensic analysis of the
bribery video allegations.
