The Kano state emirate council
has vowed to sue the state anti-corruption agency for contempt of court.
In a letter dated June 20, to the
chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission,
N.A. Dagiri, counsel to the emirate counsel, said the commission had defied subsisting
court orders for inviting elderly members of the council for investigations.
Some of the invited members of
the council, according to him, were Mukhtar Adnan, 93; Isa Hashim 92, and Yusuf
Bayero, 84.
The anti-graft agency also sent
invitations to the wife of Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of Kano, and two widows of
Ado Bayero, the former emir of Kano.
The agency had alleged that over
30 people benefited from the N3.4 billion said to have been misappropriated
under the watch of Sanusi.
Dangiri, however, said the state
and federal high court sitting in Kano, where the matter is already being
heard, has directed the agency to suspend all activities related to its
investigations into the finances of the emirate and maintain status quo.
“Both orders have been duly and
properly served on you. Notwithstanding this position, you have chosen to defy
these orders and continue your belligerent actions including choosing to
embarrass very senior citizens of the state many of them in advanced age and
some in conditions of ill-health,” he said.
“The invitations to the wives of
the late and present Emits is not only absurd but completely repugnant to
societal norms and values and could only be intended to humiliate the families
of the late and present Emirs.
“We consider your actions
obnoxious and in defiance of valid and subsisting court orders. This is a clear
contempt of court in respect of which appropriate steps will be taken against
you and all officers of your Commission acting in contempt of the court.
“We have as counsel and officers
of court accordingly advised the Emirate council not to accede to your
request.”
On Thursday, the agency announced
that it had withdrawn its invitation to Sanusi’s wife and widows of the former
emir of Kano.
It also revived its probe of
Sanusi after the monarch fell out with Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the
state.
The commission had earlier
recommended the suspension of Sanusi, prompting the state government to query
the monarch.
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