THE Kano State Public and Anti-Corruption Commission cannot prosecute a former Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje in a case of alleged collection of Dollar bribes.
Justice AM Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano held that the Kano Public and Anti-Corruption Commission lacks powers to investigate the case.
Liman was delivering judgement in the long awaited controversial Dollar video clip case on Tuesday.
He held that the matter is a federal case which can only be investigated and prosecuted by a competent federal anti-graft agency like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The admitted that the scope of the judgement was limited to specific powers of the Kano State Anti-Corruption Commission, and whether it can investigate the matter, despite the fact that it has elements of a federal case.
Liman ruled that it is only an office constituted by the National Assembly, like the EFCC, that can prosecute the case and as such, the Kano State Anti-Corruption Commission should hands off the matter.