The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said he can’t be intimidated by calls for his arrest over alleged cases of corruption against him.
Ganduje, in a statement on Monday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Enlightenment, Oliver Okpala, said calls for his arrest are unwarranted.
The APC Chairman stated this in response to a petition co-signed by Dr. Johnson Nebechi and Comrade Umar Ideresu, the convener and spokesperson of the National Anti-Corruption Alliance (NACA), which requested the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Ganduje.
However, the former Kano State Governor said the matter was already in court, and the petitioners should know better than to raise fresh issues on a matter still pending in court.
“The issues raised in their petition are matters that are key points in various cases filed by the Kano State government against Dr. Ganduje, which are still before the courts,” Okpala said.
He added that some of the allegations raised by NACA had already been resolved in Ganduje’s favour by the Federal High Court, and other issues were pending in court, so taking such before law enforcement or anti-corruption agencies again amounts to sub judice.
“Nigeria is not a lawless society; the judiciary must be allowed to carry out its job without inhibition or intimidation,” Okpala stated.
While describing NACA as “political hirelings” with the intent of tarnishing Ganduje’s reputation, the aide alleged that their actions were politically motivated and lacked substantive evidence or legal backing.