The Kano State Public Complaints
and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of Muhammadu
Sanusi, emir of Kano.
The commission said during its
investigation, it uncovered that N3.4 billion was misspent by the emirate under
Sanusi.
The amount was said to have been
misappropriated between 2014 and 2017.
According to NAN, this is
contained in a preliminary report of investigation conducted by the commission
and signed by Muhuyi Magaji, its chairman.
The interim report raised four
cardinal issues bordering on indictment, amount involved, obstruction of
investigation and recommendations.
The report indicated that the
Kano emirate council had spent over N1.4 billion in various expenditure
believed to be fraudulent and unappropriated.
In addition, the emirate council
was alleged to have spent over N1.9 billion unappropriated on seemingly
personal expenditure, making the sum of the questionable expenditure.
According to the report, the
expenditure contravened the provisions of section 120 of the 1999 constitution
of Nigeria (as amended) and section 8 of the Kano state emirate council special
fund law 2004.
It said the expenditure had also
violated section 314 of penal code as well as provisions of section 26 of the
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law 2008 (as
amended).
“It is also the opinion of this
Commission, based on the available evidence, that Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II
continued to undermine the investigation through various means which include
giving instruction to all officers invited for clarification to shun the
commission’s invitation,” the report read.
“The act is seriously affecting
the process of our statutory responsibility and offends the provisions of
Section 25 of the Commission’s enabling Law 2008 (as amended).”
The report, therefore,
recommended that the “principal suspect in the person of Muhammadu Sanusi II
and all other suspects connected with the case be suspended, pending the final
outcome of the investigations”.
“This is a necessary administrative
disciplinary action aimed at preventing the suspects from further interfering
with the commission’s investigations,” it read.
“The commission further
recommends that the contract awarded to Tri-C Nigeria Limited for renovation of
Babban Daki, Kofar Kudu and Gidan Sarki Dorayi should be revoked as the company
belongs to one of the suspects in person of Alhaji Mannir Sanusi, (The Chief of
Staff in the Emirate).”
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of
the state, had broken the Kano emirate into five, after he fell out with
Sanusi, who was said not to have supported his reelection.
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