Ganduje videos attempt to score cheap political points - Sen Barau

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- Viral videos showing Kano governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje collecting bribe were part attempt to score cheap political points against him according to Senator Jibrin Barau

- The senator said the purpose of the videos was to prevent the governor from winning his second term bid in 2019

- He accused a former governor of the state as being part of the sponsors of the viral videos

The viral videos showing Kano governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje collecting bribe has been described as part of calculated attempts to score political points against the governor, Senator Jibrin Barau has claimed.

Barau, who represents Kano north on the platform of APC described the videos as fake and a way to smear the governor and prevent him from winning his second term bid in 2019.

Going further, he also accused a former governor of the state as being part of the sponsors of the viral videos.

The senator who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, October 16, called on Nigerians to disregard the videos.

“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,” he said.

“Already, Video Tech Analysts have come up with a damning verdict branding the video as fake owing to the manifest incoherence in the dates and time shown in the video as well as the use of technology to make the set up look real.

“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, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

“The same antics was 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."

NAIJ.com had reported that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it cannot take any action on a video of Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje, in circulation which appeared to show him taking bribes from contractors, because the matter had been taken to court.

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The party said that Ganduje had sued Daily Nigerian, the platform responsible for the two clips of the scandalous footage released between Sunday, October 14 and Monday, October 15.

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