Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and wife, Hafsat
By Our Reporter
The centre seems not to hold for the household of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje as his son, Abdulazeez allegedly dragged his mum, Hafsat Ganduje, to the EFCC, over a matter that revolves around corruptly using family access to power for private enrichment.
Gathered that the anti-graft agaency invited the wife of the governor for questioning and was expected to appear before the operatives of the EFCC last Thurday but as at the time of filling this report Hafsat was yet to report to the Abuja headquarters of the EFFC for interrogation..
It would be recalled that Governor Ganduje had previously been involved in a corruption-related scandal. He has struggled to untangle himself from the public perception that he is a corrupt public servant since 2018 when Daily Nigerian published a series of videos that showed the governor collecting money from a government contractor.
According to sources who saw Abdulazeez’s petition, he reported that he was approached by a property developer to help facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars and at least 35 million Naira as “facilitation commission”.
According to Premium Times Abdulazeez said he paid the sum in dollars to his mother, Mrs Ganduje.
“But three months later, (the property developer) discovered that the plots of land he wanted and had paid the first family for had been allocated to other buyers and he then requested to be refunded,” one source added.
Asked to comment on the matter, a spokesperson for Kano State Government, Mohammed Garba, said, “I am not aware” and, so, he could not comment.
EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, did not comment on the matter when contacted on Monday.
But insiders said Mrs Ganduje could be arrested if she refuses to report for questioning. Unlike her husband, who by virtue of his office, enjoys immunity from arrest and prosecution, Mrs Ganduje enjoys no such constitutional immunity.
