Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has replied his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, over his claims of failure in governance in the current administration, insisting that Ganduje’s eight-year tenure represented failure and maladministration, following massive records of corruption, diversion of public funds and sale of government properties that characterised that administration.
Governor Yusuf, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature and made available to journalists on Sunday in Kano, regretted that Ganduje “shamelessly” spoke about non-existent failure in the current administration instead of facing the nemesis of corruption and political violence hanging around his neck.
Governor Yusuf insisted that Ganduje presided over two unproductive tenures characterised with siphoning public resources, inability to cater to the needs of Kano people, nepotism and bloodshed that left many families heartbroken.
The governor says his eight months in office has remarkably outweighed Ganduje’s eight years of political caricature and maladministration by all standards.
He advised the acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress and the immediate-past Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje to rather buckle up in defence of his battered image at the court, instead of further exposing his impunity on the media space.
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Sanusi Bature was quoted in the statement, reminding Ganduje how his gross penchant for corruption has brought shame and disgrace to the good people of Kano, insisting that no amount of media campaign would hinder the process of bringing him (Ganduje) to book on the glaring cases of corruption filed against him.
The statement further regretted that Ganduje could yet muster the courage to defend himself in the media, despite the embarrassing video clip where he was caught, red-handed, stocking his large “agbada” pockets with dollars, a supposed kickback from a contractor; and other corrupt practices massively associated with his eight-year tenure during which he ran the affairs of Kano state as a family enterprise.
Governor Yusuf believes that for anyone to assume that efforts to unravel the issue of corruption charges against Ganduje and members of his immediate family is an attempt to cover up, clearly means, such category of people are either under false illusion or being economical with the truth.
The Kano state government therefore advise the acting national chairman of APC to show cause why his name, that of his family, and the entire people of Kano should permanently erase from the global embarrassment that the dollar video has generated.
(EDITOR: TIENABESO BIBIYE)
