Garo’s Kano deputy governorship bid could stall N57.4bn corruption trial – Legal experts

Legal analysts person warned that Murtala Sule Garo’s imaginable emergence arsenic lawman politician successful the lead-up to the 2027 elections could halt proceedings successful the N57.4 cardinal corruption lawsuit against him owed to law immunity.

Speaking with journalists successful Kano connected Tuesday, a elder ineligible practitioner, Usman Bello, warned, “granting immunity to a sitting suspect could impact the gait of ongoing trials, though it does not connote guilt oregon innocence.”

Bello noted that if Garo becomes lawman governor, helium would bask immunity nether Section 308 of the Nigerian Constitution. This would temporarily halt proceedings against him portion helium remains successful office.

“The timing of the information is troubling, particularly fixed the standard of the allegations and the signifier of the trial,” helium said.

Comrade Bello Abubakar Ginsau of the Kano Governance and Accountability Forum, besides speaking with DAILY POST, said, “The timing of immoderate assignment amid ongoing trials should beryllium cautiously weighed. Accountability and transparency indispensable stay cardinal successful each decisions.”

Recall that Garo is presently lasting proceedings alongside erstwhile politician Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and others implicit allegations involving the diversion of section authorities funds amounting to much than N57.4 billion.

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