The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the Kano State House of Assembly is not equipped to investigate Governor Abdullahi Ganduje who was allegedly caught on camera collecting bribes from contractors, Punch reports.
A video had gone viral on the Internet purportedly showing Ganduje collecting dollars as kickbacks from contractors, a development which prompted an investigation by the state assembly which invited the governor to testify.
However, a Kano State High Court ruled on Monday that the Assembly should stop the probe immediately.
Speaking with our correspondent during an interview on Tuesday, Sagay said that an investigation of such a video would require forensic analysis which the legislative arm of government was not competent to carry out.
He said, “The fact that somebody on social media which is full of lies and hate attacks against people says so does not prove that such has happened.
“Personally I would like to see the contractor come out and say ‘yes I am the one and I gave him so and so amount’. I would like to see that but that has not yet happened. In any case, when it comes to the investigation of the governor, I think we have institutions that have been established for that. We have the EFCC particularly for that.
“I don’t really understand what role the House of Assembly wanted to place on itself. It is not equipped to do investigations of the sort because it could be forensic. So, in other words, there is still a cloud over the whole thing and I am not ready to jump to any conclusion until I am confident that some wrong has been done.”
When asked if the legislative arm of government could not investigate the governor as part of its oversight functions, Sagay said the job of the Assembly was to carry out oversight functions and not to investigate state executives.
The senior advocate said, “Oversight functions don’t include that sort of thing. Oversight functions only involve monies that have been approved in their budget and then oversight is done on how such monies that were approved which have gone through the budget system are being expended.
“That is where their oversight functions are limited to. This allegation is about somebody from outside giving the governor some money. It is not part of the House of Assembly’s responsibilities.”
When asked if the failure to probe Ganduje would not portray the anti-graft war of the current government as selective in the light of the fact that Ayodele Fayose was probed despite having immunity, Sagay said both scenarios were different.
The PACAC chairman said, “When there are clear cases it is easy to act. In the case of Fayose, Musiliu Obanikoro confessed that he ferried billions of naira to him through a private jet and everything was well recorded. Everything was very clear. The man who brought the money was very clear.
“The money was paid into bank accounts that were established. So, it is not the same thing. This one seems to me to be very vague and cloudy and I have yet to be satisfied that it is not a political conspiracy of some sort by the enemies of the governor. So, we need to see something more concrete.” https://thenigerialawyer.com/kano-assembly-not-equipped-to-probe-ganduje-says-sagay-san/

Stupid san.

SirGay always coming to the aid of corrupt members of the ruling party.


This is a man that Buhari pays with public funds to advice him on corruption matters.

That is sirgay for you. He gets paid to offer advice on anticorruption.
But he is here defending Gandollar because he is APC.
What a shame.

When the corrupt fellow involved in the corruption is an APC member.The need for technicalities will be employed. Once the person belong to the opposition. Draconian, tyrannic,abused of rule of laws will be employed.
Indeed APC is fighting corruption and Sagay is shamefully advising the president rightly .

"..This one seems to me to be very vague and cloudy and I have yet to be satisfied that it is not a political conspiracy of some sort by the enemies of the governor. So, we need to see something more concrete.”

Meanwhile;

-1).“The governor confessed to some of us that it was real but he is now trying to stop us from exercising our constitutional duty.”
https://dailynigerian.com/impeachment-looms-as-kano-assembly-begins-probe-on-ganduje-bribe-videos/

-2).Experts from Amnesty International Nigeria, BBC and PREMIUM TIMES also watched the clips and certified their authenticity before we went to press.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/292492-gandujegate-video-showing-kano-governor-receiving-bribe-is-authentic-publisher-tells-investigative-committee.html

Jeez! Gush! Goddamned it! And this man is the chair of the PACAC? Sagay is eternally damned beyond redemption.Yet this man is the once revered Prof.of Constitutional law whose books are widely read by learned colleagues?

Can this loud-mouthed morally depraved man kindly tell the world where in the Nigerian constitution wherein it's stated that a public office holder of a governor's status is immuned from prosecution as expected as long the immunity clause applies but same time immune Ganduje from investigation as a Kano High Court have fraudulently granted an injunction? Is Sagay concienceless that this development doesn't worry him again? .

Sarrki, NgeneUkwenu,Cillicmarin, Deomelo, jumpandpass, BeeBeeOoo,Wise&True, and all men of conscience, is Sagay still a human being

Can someone help dash this man some shame.

Shege abi Waka, oya chop am

Just listen to this integrity-challenged charlatan ...

Sagay always defending the corrupt

Whatever made him a SAN is beyond my imagination

This defender of corruption is back? Very sad to hear this hogwash

This prof has lost relevance and respect.

last time he said, he was never concern whether somebody forged or not... Now again, house of assembly has no authority to investigate corruption..., I have said over and over the thunder that will strike you people is doing press up.

This is coming from the President's adviser on corruption cases, I'm sorry for Nigeria.

donttouchme:
Stupid san.

1% of his stewpidity is far wiser than 80% of your wisdom.

Why Sagay chose the twilight of his life to rubbish his legal legacy all for an extremely corrupt certificate cheat and failure like Buhari is what amazes me .

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Johnnyessence:
last time he said, he was never concern whether somebody forged or not... Now again, house of assembly has no authority to investigate corruption..., I have said over and over the thunder that will strike you people is doing press up.

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Sadly your hypocrisy cannot confer integrity, have you spoken about PDP gubernatorial candidate who forged NYSC certificate? You stood with Fayose throughout his malfeasance despite EFCC establishing prima facie evidence that he received FG finds meant for arms procurement, and now want to make noise over this because the Governor is APC? This sort of behaviour makes no sense and continues to show you pdp people are unserious in every way. Didn't you say you don't care Atiku is corrupt? So why care about other Corruption when you will easily vote a thief to power. Abeg carry your hypocrisy some place else.

As expected from sagay.

Let's be honest.. There's no corrupt fight. It's fighting PDP

Period. The more reason i still think pdp will win 2019 election

contradictions everywhere

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Prof Sagay is a mad man.
I swear ....

Stupid man.
More painful is that he is old man; a stupid old man!

If the State House of Assembly isn't equipped to carry out such work, your FG should assist them then so as to at least prove to the world that your so called fight against corruption isn't fake and targeted at the opposition and dissenting voices.
What will it cost a corruption fighting Buhari to assist the Kano State House of Assembly get the forensic equipment needed to do job?
The more this ugly baboon talks, the more you see how corruption has become embedded in their govt.

This man will die and painful and disgraceful death and his children shall suffer for the sins of their father.

Very very pathetic being. Look at the trash he is there yarning!

Can someone now see witchcraft is on APC matter?


Because he's an APC member, they are not equip to probe a corrupt governor using babariga to collect his Gandollar, even with a video evidence?

Stalwert:
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Sadly your hypocrisy cannot confer integrity, have you spoken about PDP gubernatorial candidate who forged NYSC certificate? You stood with Fayose throughout his malfeasance despite EFCC establishing prima facie evidence that he received FG finds meant for arms procurement, and now want to make noise over this because the Governor is APC? This sort of behaviour makes no sense and continues to show you pdp people are unserious in every way. Didn't you say you don't care Atiku is corrupt? So why care about other Corruption when you will easily vote a thief to power. Abeg carry your hypocrisy some place else.

Why don't you address the topic and not address what someone else is saying ... Two wrongs don't make Right....
This government came with fight against corruption so they have to make the change and not compare what the last government did.

Can the children or relatives of this old man call him to order? He is dancing naked in the market place!

Prof I just hope you would say the same thing if similar incident had occurred with someone from the opposition party.

John20017:



Why don't you address the topic and not address what someone else is saying ... Two wrongs don't make Right....
This government came with fight against corruption so they have to make the change and not compare what the last government did.

the government won't do anything,the governor will be given a pat on the back later so forget about the corruption fight,it is all a joke.

So,what they said about this man is true?

This man has no morals and anyone who supports this nonsense he is vomitting doesn't mean well for our unborn children....it shall never be well with evildoers .....