Ganduje Urged to Respond to Bribery Allegations Over Emir Sanusi’s Installation
A Kano-based political commentator, Bashir Hayatu, popularly known as “Gentile,” has called on the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to address serious allegations of bribery linked to the installation of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 14th Emir of Kano.
The allegations were made by APC stalwart, Alhaji Hamza Usman Darma, in a recent radio interview, where he claimed Ganduje — who was Deputy Governor to Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso at the time — played a key role in Sanusi’s emergence and allegedly received a substantial sum of money in the process.
“It is God Almighty that made Sanusi Lamido the Emir and it was through APC that he did it. The first link to his becoming emir was Ganduje. If not for Ganduje, he wouldn’t have become an emir,” Darma alleged.
He further stated: “When the news came that the late Emir of Kano Ado Bayero was sick, and that he could hardly recover, Ganduje was the one that took that report to Sanusi Lamido. He told him, ‘here is a report about the emir.’ He advised Sanusi to give some money as his contribution to Kwankwaso’s presidential ambition. Sanusi Lamido did not argue then and he gave something very big in bribe. I cannot exactly say how much it was. But it is for him to be made the emir.”
Reacting to the explosive claims, Gentile challenged Ganduje to respond directly and transparently to the allegations to protect his integrity and the image of the APC.
“Until Ganduje responds to the weighty allegations raised by Darma, the National Chairman of APC will continue to carry the moral burden of betrayal of public trust,” Gentile stated in a post on his verified social media handle.
While pushing for Ganduje to defend himself, Gentile also criticized Darma for spreading what he described as unsubstantiated claims, particularly against Emir Sanusi II.
“Although your claims are all fake, I will still call on you to produce evidence if you have any against Emir Sanusi. You have lied against Emir Sanusi II and until you produce evidence to back the exchange of money between the emir and Ganduje, I will not take it easy,” Gentile warned.
He added, “If he (Darma) failed to prove the said huge amount of money collected by Ganduje from Emir Sanusi and given to Kwankwaso for the purpose of selecting him as 14th emir of Kano, we are going to sue him.”
Gentile also pointed out the potential breach of trust on Ganduje’s part if Darma’s claim — that he leaked the medical report of the late Emir Ado Bayero — proves true.
“Darma also said Ganduje was said to have leaked a report on the health of late Ado Bayero to Sanusi, where he believed the life of late Bayero had come to an end. If the allegation against Ganduje is true, then Ganduje would have betrayed the government for revealing official secret.”
He concluded with a call to action: “I call on Ganduje to ensure he takes action against Darma’s comments to disabuse the minds of the public against the allegations. If not, the situation might be worse than the claim of inciting crises among Islamic scholars in Kano.”
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