Court Orders Ganduje, Others To Be Served Notice Regarding Alleged Fraud
THE Kano State High Court has scheduled a hearing for April 29, 2024, to discuss whether substitute means can be used to serve respondents in the state government's lawsuit against former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who is currently the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and five other parties.
In the Kano case handled by Justice Usman Na'abba, Ya'u Adamu, the prosecutor, is requesting a court order allowing the respondents to be served by alternative means.
He maintained that they are legally authorized to use alternative methods of serving the responses.
The Kano State government sued Ganduje before the state High Court on cases bordering on corruption.
The attorneys informed the court yesterday that they attempted to contact the respondents in order to serve them with the notice on motion, but were unable. Not his client, but the sixth respondent's attorney received the notice. They therefore asked the court for permission to serve them in a different way.
Nuraini Jimoh, the counsel for the sixth respondent (Lamash Properties), contended that the law requires that the respondent receive a summons in person in a criminal proceeding.
He said that not even his client had received personal service, and he made the argument that since this is a criminal case, all of the respondents should have received personal service.
As a result, Justice Na'abba ordered that the six respondents be physically served with notice and postponed the case until April 29 for a hearing.
Ganduje was sued by the Kano State government before the state High Court in matters pertaining to corruption.
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