The reinstated chairman of the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji, has vowed that the agency will re-open its investigation into alleged corruption by the immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Magaji was in 2022, sacked by Ganduje on allegations bordering on abuse of office.
Meanwhile, the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, reinstated Magaji as PCACC chairman.
It could be recalled that a video in October 2018, published by Daily Nigerian, an online newspaper, showed ex-gov Ganduje allegedly receiving bundles of dollars and stuffing the wads into his flowing white dress or ‘babanriga’
According to the newspaper, the governor had requested $5 million from the contractors who recorded the video.
However, Magaji, while speaking on a program on DailyTrust TV on Wednesday, said the commission couldn’t open an investigation into the case since 2018 because of Ganduje’s immunity status as governor.
Asked if he was going to continue his investigation of Ganduje, Magaji said: “When I said I will investigate Ganduje’s dollar case, he was the incumbent governor…I was working under him. Let alone now that he is a former governor?”.
“So I meant every word I said. At that time, I told you we will open an investigation and we are investigating.
“But there are certain limitations, because any incumbent governor, deputy governor, president or vice president has immunity under the Nigerian constitution.
“So there was a limit to what we could do. Now, the limit is no more. The commission will do what is necessary.”