The Kano state anti-corruption and public complaints commission says it has brought fresh charges against Abdullahi Ganduje, national chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Appearing on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme,
on Tuesday, Muhuyi Magaji, chair of the anti-graft agency, said the commission is
investigating a case where N51 billion was allegedly diverted by the Ganduje
administration.
Ganduje was governor of Kano from 2015 to 2023.
Magaji said during the twilight of the Ganduje
administration, N1 billion was withdrawn from the state’s accounts for
rehabilitation of roads, but that the sum was allegedly diverted.
“What is happening
now is a tip of the iceberg,” he said.
“As I am talking to you, we are investigating a case whereby
N51.3 billion local government funds were directly taken from the government
coffers (and) sent to other individuals, and we traced it to people.
“We have piled a series of cases. We have a case whereby N1
billion in April last year (2023) was removed from government coffers under the
allocation of renovating 30 roads in the metropolis and it was taken away, sent
to Bureau de Change.
“We have a case of N4
billion whereby it was sent from the consolidated revenue account of Kano state
to an agricultural company. All these cases are before the court.”
The chair said the commission is not driven by politics and
is dedicated to the fight against corruption.
“Incidentally, His Excellency, the former governor, was the
one that appointed me in 2015 to head the agency and I was re-appointed in 2020
for another five-year term,” he said.
“Basically, we have an institution in the Public Complaints
and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) that is devoid of political activities
and dedicated to fight corruption, check maladministration and fight
injustice.”
It was learnt that a formal invitation will be extended to
the former governor.
On Monday, executives in Ganduje’s APC ward in Kano
suspended the former governor from the party over corruption allegations.
Soon after, however, the APC in Kano nullified the
suspension and handed the executives behind the move a six-month suspension
from the party.
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