130 Right groups urge FG to declare Ramingado national Anti-Corruption hero
By Samuel Ogunsona
A coalition of 130 civil society groups has called on the Federal Government to declare Muhuyi Gado Ramingado, former Chairman of Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission, a national anti-corruption hero.
The groups, under the aegis of the Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC), made this known at a press conference held on Thursday, 18th of December, 2025, in Lagos.
In a statement signed by Mr. Babatunde Adeleke, NHRC Deputy President, made available to Irohinodua, the group said Ramingado’s life is under threat for exposing corruption in Kano State, and the government must take immediate action to protect him.
“We are deeply concerned about the threat to Ramingado’s life and his family having exposed stupendous corruption perpetrated by politically exposed persons in Kano State,” Adeleke said.
“He did his job diligently and in good faith to God and to mankind. In the process, he discovered corruption running into over N20b.”
The NHRC alleged that Ramingado was abducted by armed men and taken from Kano to Abuja in a bid to gag him.
“If armed bandits had attacked the convoy, there was only a slim chance that Ramingado would have escaped,” Adeleke added.
The group called on the Federal Government to stop all trials instigated against Ramingado, withdraw the police surveillance on him and his family, and declare him a national hero for his courageous stance against corruption.
“We hereby draw the attention of the world to the consistent persecution of one of Nigeria’s most outstanding whistleblowers, Muhuyi Gado Ramingado. They are planning to silence him. We don’t want him to be killed. The world needs to rise up in defence of Ramingado,” the group said.
The NHRC also urged the Federal Government to strengthen anti-corruption laws to empower whistleblowers and protect them from persecution.
“Corruption cannot be fought effectively when law enforcement agents are compromised by the same corrupt politicians who have no respect for accountability,” the group added.
