The Senator representing Kano North, Jibrin Barau, has said the viral videos showing Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje allegedly receiving bribe are aimed at tarnishing the governor’s political image.
Sen. Barau, who chairs the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education, in a statement he personally signed yesterday in Abuja, said the sponsors of the “cloned videos” were in a desperate move to gain political advantage in 2019.
He said those behind the videos used technology in “an ingenious devilish manner”, describing them as “agents of darkness masquerading as anti-corruption crusaders.”
“It amazes me how low we can go in this country to try to bring people down for very selfish political ends; else how does one explain this outrageous manipulation aimed at no other thing than to rubbish the good name and reputation of a performing governor so loved by our people.”
“I would not have taken the satanic video clips serious but for the masquerades behind it, who are rabid supporters of a former governor of the state who is at loggerheads with His Excellency, Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
“The same antics were used to malign and blackmail His Eminence, the Emir of Kano, Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, until the same source came to tell the world that the material so depicted was in fact cloned and fake,” he said.
