The managing director of Novomed Pharmaceutical Company, Musa Kwankwaso, said he is going to challenge the investigations launched against him by three anti-corruption agencies.
Mr Kwankwaso, a nephew of the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso is under probe over allegations of multi-million naira drug contract scam.
The embattled Mr Kwankwaso’s nephew had been invited for questioning by Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC.
Speaking when he appeared before the investigation team of the PCACC on Thursday, the legal representative of the Novomed MD, Okechukwu Nwaeze, disclosed that his client had currently received invitations by EFCC, ICPC and PCACC.
According to him, the multiple invitations to a suspect had already been challenged by a competent court of law.
He noted that there is a judicial ruling that a person cannot be facing interrogation or trial for a singular offence by several organizations.
Mr Nwaeze stated that their client followed due process in the alleged drug supply contract.
“Three agencies are investigating one person for the same offences. I don’t think that is allowed under our constitution.
“How many times will we do so, will we do three times? So somebody else can wake up tomorrow and say we have to come and invite us and we still go?.
“We want the court to make a pronouncement, the court has already pronounced on this matter. We are going to stand on this pronouncement and ask for another pronouncement on this particular issue.
“We are taking decisions, we are evaluating everything but three agencies cannot investigate one offense and we are going to challenge that in a court,” he said.
When asked further on the court they are filing the case, Mr Nwaeze said they are yet to decide on the court.
The issue came to limelight when a popular skit maker that exposes corruption among politicians in Nigeria, Bello Galadanchi, popularly known as Dan Bello released a video exposing how the caretaker chairmen of the 44 Local Government areas in Kano were directed to remit N10 million each to the account of Novomed Pharmaceuticals under the guise of drug supply.
