The Kano State High Court No.7 has rescheduled the arraignment of Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to June 5. Mr. Ganduje is standing trial alongside his wife, Hafsat Umar, his son, Abdullahi Umar, and five others.
The defendants in the case include Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textile Ltd, and Lasage General Enterprise Ltd.
The Kano State High Court No. 5, presided over by Justice Usman Na’abba, had earlier scheduled May 16 for ruling on the request for substituted service on the defendants. This was before the state chief judge, Dije Aboki, reassigned the case to High Court No. 7, now presided over by Justice Amina Adamu.
The new charge sheet, seen by journalists, contains 11 counts against Mr. Ganduje and his co-defendants, up from the initial eight-count charges. These charges include allegations of criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust.