A non-governmental organisation, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, has filed a suit to compel the Chief Justice of Nigeria to probe the bribery allegation against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.
HEDA said it resorted to suing the CJN after a Kano State High Court halted Ganduje’s probe by the Kano State House of Assembly.
HEDA’s
Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, said in a statement on Thursday that the
group is seeking an order of mandamus against the CJN in relation to
Ganduje’s probe.
He said the suit, which HEDA filed before the
Federal High Court in Abuja, had already been assigned to a judge, who
had fixed March 21 for hearing.
He said HEDA sought “an order
granting leave to it to apply for a judicial review to seek an order
directing the Chief Justice of Nigeria to investigate the allegations
against Ganduje based on Section 52 of the Independent Corrupt Practices
and Other Related Offences Commission Act 2000 (as amended).”
HEDA
wants the court to compel the CJN to appoint an independent counsel to
“investigate the grave allegations against the Kano State Governor.”
Suraju said HEDA decided to sue the CJN after a letter it wrote requesting Ganduje’s probe was ignored.
A
journalist, Jafaar Jafaar, had last year released a series of video
clips online, wherein Ganduje was allegedly shown taking American dollar
bills from a contractor and stuffing same into the pocket of his
clothes.
The Kano State House of Assembly had initiated a probe to ascertain the veracity of the video clips, but a Kano State High Court made an order, halting the probe
Source:- Punchng
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