By Kamil Opeyemi
The Kano state chapter of the All Progressive Congress on Thursday asked former Governor of the state, Umaru Ganduje not to honour an invitation by anti-corruption agency .
The party in a statement said the move by the agency was to tarnish the image of the former Governor.
In a statement released and signed by the chairman of the state chapter of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, APC Chairman in Kano, and Alhaji Zakari Sarina, secretary of the party in Kano, they accused the government of Kano of plotting to bring Ganduje to disrepute.
“We have realised that the reenactment of the politically motivated issue of the Dollar video by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) which is before a court of law, is part of a sinister ploy to dent the image of the former governor.”
A similar scenario was played to scuttle the former governor’s chance of securing ticket for the party’s gubernatorial election in 2019.”
The statement added that this time, the “detractors are engaged in this campaign of calumny to draw a wedge between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ganduje, one of the president’s strongest allies in the North”.
The APC stated that while Ganduje’s contributions to the Tinubu political project right from the conduct of the primary election, is widely appreciated, his relationship with the President remains cordial.
Rimingado had said if Ganduje fails to appear next week, the agency would follow what the law provides,.
While appearing on Channels TV’s programme,
executive chairman of the anti-graft commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, had revealed that the commission had written a letter to the former governor to appear next week so as to provide necessary information on the ongoing investigation.