The Kano State High Court has fixed the 29th of April, 2024 for hearing on whether respondents in the case between the Kano state government and former governor Abdullahi Ganduje along with five others can be served by substituted means.
In the case, which is presided over by Justice Usman Na’abba in Kano, the Prosecuting Counsel Ya’u Adamu sort the court to allow respondents be served through substituted means.
He argued that they have the legal backing to serve the respondents through substituted experte according to their submission.
The counsel told the court that, they made efforts to serve the respondents notice on motion but could not reach them. However, the counsel to the sith respondent was served the notice and not his client. Hence, they seek to serve them by substitute means.
The counsel to the sixth respondent, (Lamash Properties), Nuraini Jimoh argued that the law insists that in a criminal case, the respondent involved must be served personally.
He further said that even his client has not been served personally, thereby arguing that all the respondents need to be served personally as the case is not a civil case but a criminal case.
As a result of this, Justice Na’abba adjourned the case to the 29th of April for hearing.
Recalled that, the Kano state government had dragged the immediate past Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje before the state High Court on cases bordering around corruption.
Other accused persons, as listed in the writ of summon, include Wife of the former Governor Hafsat Ganduje, his son Umar Abdullahi, Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd, and Lesage General Enterprises Limite
