A coalition of Northern civil society groups on the platform of Good Governance and Advocacy Group (GGAG) has warned against what it termed as a premeditated attempt by the government of Kano state to ridicule the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

The coalition revealed that there is a sinister move by the Kano state government using the apparatus of the state anti-corruption commission to bring the name of the former governor Ganduje to disrepute through a politically motivated dialogue it is organising on Wednesday.

In a statement released Wednesday in Kano by the Secretary of the Coalition, Muhammed Lawan Shuaibu, the coalition observed that the attempt was aimed at denting the image of the former governor who, according to the statement, enjoys a good relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group also said the move is aimed at preventing Ganduje from securing “a deserving political appointment.”

It claimed the dialogue, which is being put in place by the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, is not open to other CSOs but hand picked participants from friends and associates of the commission’s chairman.

The coalition described the action of Rimingado and the state owned commission “as purely vindictive, malicious, malevolent and politically motivated.”

The release stated that “Muhuyi must understand that he can’t preempt what is already in the courts. He must also be reminded, he risk the contempt of court.

“The entire shenanigans Muhuyi is organizing with some of the CSOs in Kano is politically motivated, as some members of these already compromised CSOs are also known and card carrying members of the NNPP in Kano.”

The release stated that the renewed attacks by both Muhuyi and the commission are a well crafted ploy to rubbish Ganduje and pitch him against Tinubu in order to undermine his chances of getting any position in his administration, adding that “it is obvious, Muhuyi and his band of destructive agents are unhappy on the cordial relationship between the duo.”