Stolen documents: Ganduje’s aide faults Kano governor claim

The All Progressives Congress has faulted the claim by the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, that hired miscreants masquerading as protesters looted some ‘sensitive documents’ relating to the corruption trial of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.

This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu.

Recall that on August 14, the governor in a statement after he paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the court, which was vandalised by hoodlums during the recent nationwide anti-hunger protests, said ‘enemies of the state hired undesirable elements’ to vandalise one of its historic public buildings and carted away the corruption charges files of the APC national chairman.

According to him, it was obvious that the vandals were on a sponsored mission.

But reacting to Yusuf’s statement Ganduje’s aide said they found the allegation as preposterous and baseless.

He said, “It is laughable that governance has been reduced to a huge joke in Kano where a state government could condescend low to suggesting that demonstrators broke into a court and carefully selected documents relating to the trial of the APC national chairman, handpicked and take them away in this digital age.

“No discerning mind will buy into this pedestrian propaganda. What happened to the documents with the government lawyers? The state government is bereft of ideas on how to run the affairs of the state and has always resorted to churning out myriads of corruption allegations against Ganduje and his family, who served the state diligently.

“This claim is nothing more than a desperate attempt by Governor Yusuf’s administration to divert attention from their culpability in the violence that erupted in the state. The insinuation that such critical documents could be carted away during a protest is a clear indication of the state’s growing incompetence in handling both security and legal matters.

“Governor Yusuf should understand that the words and actions of leaders carry weight and have dire consequences. We stand with the people of Kano and call on all well-meaning citizens to remain calm and law-abiding while the authorities conduct their investigations.”

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