Lagos, April 16, 2024 -The Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission, says it has filed fresh corruption charges against a former Governor of the State, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Muhuyi Magaji, the Chairman of the commission, said this on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise.
“What is happening now is a tip of the iceberg.
“As I am talking to you, we are investigating a case whereby billions of local government funds were directly taken from the government coffers (and) sent to other individuals, and we traced it to people,” he alleged.
Magaji also alleged that the Ganduje’s government took N1 billion from the state coffers a month to the expiration of the administration’s tenure in May 2023, but the money was sent to Bureau de Change operators and not used for road renovation as earmarked.
“We have piled 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,” he said.
Magaji said he started investigating the administration of Ganduje when he was Kano governor. He said there should be no sacred cows in the anti-corruption fight in the state.
“That is the beauty of what we are doing. In Nigeria, we are not supposed to have those that will be shielded. Even, we that are in the anti-corruption agency, our integrity has been tested. And that is how it is supposed to be. Anybody that is charged before the court of law, let him go and answer.”
The Kano High Court is to arraign Ganduje on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, on charges of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes.
Ganduje was Kano State Governor between May 2015 and May 2023. (GBN)
