The Kano state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption
Commission (PCACC) has launched an investigation into the alleged diversion of
more than N4 billion of state funds into the Dala Inland Dry Port.
The probe centres on claims that contracts worth billions of
naira for infrastructure was awarded at the port when Abdullahi Ganduje was
governor of Kano, shortly after the state’s 20 percent equity was converted to
the former governor’s family in 2020.
The transaction was said to have effectively edged Kano
state out of ownership and installed Ganduje’s children as directors and
shareholders of the multi-billion naira investment.
By the time the contract was awarded, the state reportedly
had no stake in the project.
Saidu Yahya, chairman of the PCACC, said the investigation
was triggered by petitions filed against the alleged misappropriation.
“Yes, we received petitions from the public on the alleged
over N4bn Kano State fund diverted into the Dala Inland Dry Port by the
immediate past administration of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,” Yahya said.
He explained that some individuals of interest had been
invited, with one person arrested and later released on bail after providing
key information.
“Investigation revealed that one of the parties is now in
Yola, Adamawa state,” Yahya said.
The PCACC chairman added that the matter would soon be
charged to court as a prima facie case has been established.
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