The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has urged immediate past Governor Abdullahi Ganduje not to honour the invitation extended to him by the state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) over a purported dollar video.

This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the state chairman and secretary of the party, Abdullahi Abbas and Zakari Sarina, on Thursday.

The commission had on Thursday invited Ganduje to appear before it over alleged dollar bribe videos.

The commission’s chairman, Muhuyi Rimingado, said the commission expects Mr Ganduje to appear before it next week to have the opportunity to clear his name in the ongoing investigation.

The APC said it had realised that the reenactment of the politically motivated issue of the dollar video by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), which is before a court of law, was part of a sinister ploy to dent the image of the former governor.

It further explained that a similar scenario was played to scuttle Mr Ganduje’s chance of securing a ticket for the party’s gubernatorial election in 2019.

The statement added that this time, the detractors are engaged in this campaign of calumny to draw a wedge between President Bola Tinubu and Mr Ganduje, one of the president’s strongest allies in the North.

The APC stated that while Mr Ganduje’s contributions to Mr Tinubu’s political project, right from the conduct of the primary election, are widely appreciated, and his relationship with the president remains cordial. 

(NAN)