Muhuyi Rimingado, the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), has been invited for questioning by the Nigeria Police Force.
Rimingado is expected to present himself at the police headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Rimingado was initially arrested by the police in Kano on Friday, but he was later granted bail on self-recognition.
Although the reason for the arrest and subsequent invitation remains unclear, a report by TheCable has, however, suggested that it may be connected to an ongoing trial of Bala Muhammad Inuwa, a former managing director of the Kano Agricultural Supply Company Limited (KASCO).
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In July 2023, PCACC, under Rimingado’s leadership, began an investigation into accusations of bribery against Abdullahi Ganduje, the incumbent chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In the build-up to the investigation, the commission said it was looking into 2017 videos captured by Jafaar Jafaar, an investigative journalist, who filmed Ganduje collecting wads of dollars as a bribe.
The giver of the bribe was said to be one of Kano’s major contractors. Ganduje was filmed collecting the wads of dollars and stuffing them in his pocket.
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Rimingado later stated that forensic analysis had shown that the videos were authentic. PCACC also extended an invitation to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to become a partner in the investigation.
Apart from first denying the contents of the video when it surfaced and maintaining his innocence, Ganduje took notable legal action.
He filed a suit at the Kano State High Court, seeking to prevent the EFCC from investigating him regarding the matter.
Ganduje requested that the court restrain the anti-graft agency from taking action against him until a separate lawsuit between him and Jafaar, who recorded the video, was resolved.
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Despite the discovery, Ganduje went on to become the chairman of the APC, President Bola Tinubu’s political party, in 2023.
Interestingly, the Kano State Government would later accuse “hoodlums disguised as #EndBadGovernance protesters” of stealing documents it was using in the high court trial of Ganduje. This claim was made in August.
The next court hearing on Ganduje’s fraud case is slated for February 13.
It remains unclear whether Rimingado’s invitation by the police would have any effect on Ganduje’s case or not.
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