A Kano State
High court on Monday ordered the state House of Assembly investigative panel to
stop investigating the bribery allegation against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,
pending the determination of a case filed before it on the matter, Owojela’s
Blog learnt.
The order
followed a suit filed by one Muhammad Zubair, who instituted the case for
himself and the national coordinator of Lawyers for Sustainable Democratization
of Nigeria.
The suit is
against three defendants: the Kano state House of Assembly, Chairman of the
investigative committee, Baffa Babba Dan-Agundi, and the Attorney General of
the state and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ibrahim Muktar.
The
presiding Judge, Justice A T Badamasi, in an interim injunction, ordered the
parties involved to maintain status quo pending the hearing of the motion on
notice.
He,
therefore, adjourned sitting till Monday (November 12) for hearing on the
motion on notice.
Owojela's
Blog recalls that the State legislature had on October 15, constituted a
seven-man committee to investigate the authenticity of the bribery video clips
allegedly showing Ganduje receiving bribe from a contractor.
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