A Kano High Court has fixed Thursday, December 6 to rule on whether the state House of Assembly has the power to investigate the bribery allegation against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The National Coordinator of “Lawyers for Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria’’, an NGO, Mr. Mohammed Zubair had filed a suit challenging the assembly’s constitutional right to investigate the bribery allegation.
When the case came up for hearing on Wednesday, the Kano state House of Assembly, through its counsel Mohammed Waziri argued that the Assembly had the power to investigate any person including the governor for the purpose of making laws and checking corruption.
In his submission, however, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibrahim Muktar maintained that the House had no power to conduct a criminal investigation against the governor.
After listening to the preliminary argument of the parties, the presiding Judge, Justice, A. T. Badamasi fixed Thursday, December 6 for judgment on whether the state Assembly had the power to carry out the investigation or not.