Kano Anti-graft Agency Files More Allegations Against Ganduje
THE All Progressives Congress national chair Abdullahi Ganduje is the target of new allegations, according to the Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission (APC).
Muhuyi Magaji, the head of the anti-graft agency, stated the commission is looking into a case in which N51 billion was purportedly diverted by the Ganduje government during an appearance on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.
Ganduje served as Kano's governor from 2015 until 2023.
“What is happening now is a tip of the iceberg,” he said.
N1 billion was taken out of the state's coffers for road maintenance during the last days of the Ganduje administration, according to Magaji, but the money was purportedly misappropriated.
“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 commission is committed to combating corruption, according to the chair, and is not influenced by politics.
“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.
It has been discovered that the former governor will receive an official invitation.
The former governor was suspended from the APC on Monday by ward executives in Ganduje, Kano, due to accusations of corruption.
However, the APC in Kano quickly overturned the suspension and imposed a six-month ban on the officials responsible for the action.
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