Abba Yusuf, Kano governor, has approved the reinstatement of
Muhuyi Magaji as the chairman of the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption
Commission (PCACC).
Magaji was sacked by Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate past
governor of Kano state.
A statement signed by Sanusi Bature, the governor’s
spokesperson, said the reinstatement of Magaji was to ensure the completion of
his tenure.
“Recall that Barr Muhuyi was suspended from office by the
previous administration in questionable circumstances,” the statement reads.
Bature said the reinstatement is with immediate effect and
in compliance with a court order.
MAGAJI’S BATTLES WITH
GANDUJE
On July 16, 2021, the Kano house of assembly asked Magaji to
step aside for a month over his alleged opposition to the accountant-general of
the state.
Magaji was not recalled for a while. In January 2022, he
filed an application for the reversal of his suspension at the national
industrial court in Abuja.
On March 1, 2022, a federal high court sitting in Kano
dismissed an ex parte application filed by Magaji seeking to stop an
investigative panel instituted by the state house of assembly and restrain the
police from investigating, arresting or intimidating him.
In April 2022, Magaji was arrested at the Sokoto governor’s
lodge in Abuja, where he had gone for screening as Kano governorship aspirant
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He was thereafter removed from office by Ganduje after the
state assembly said it investigated and uncovered several infractions against
him.
Magaji alleged at the time that he was fired because he was
investigating some capital projects in which the name of Ganduje and his family
prominently featured.
In May 2023, the national industrial court sitting in Kano
ordered Magaji’s reinstatement as chairman of the PCACC with immediate effect.
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