The case of alleged bribery against the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has been dismissed by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano.
The court, presided over by Obiora Eguwatu, declared that the case against the governor lacked evidence.
The case was by a lawyer, Bulama Bukarti, who sought for an order of the court to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the governor.
It would be recalled that Daily Nigerian, in 2018, published a video allegedly showing Ganduje collecting bribe from contractors.
The State House of Assembly took interest in the case and set up a panel which commenced investigation.
However, midway into the probe, a Kano High Court restrained the legislative house following a suit to that effect.
Mohammed Zubair had on behalf of the National Coordinator of Lawyers for Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria approached the court to stop the House of Assembly from probing the alleged case of bribery.
It described the action of the legislative house as unconstitutional.
The court, where the application was filed, therefore ruled that the parties should maintain status quo ante pending the determination of the suit filed by the body.
The House of Assembly has since stopped its probe into the case.
