The Kano State Government has filed a contemporary fraud cost towards the speedy previous governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo, and two others.
According to the cost sheet, Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai have been charged with legal conspiracy, legal breach of belief, making false statements or return and legal misappropriation.
The state accused them of mismanaging the 44 Local Government’s statutory allocations remitted to the State Joint Local Governments account from the Federation account.
They have been additionally accused of criminally diverting N57.4billion via a number of private accounts of Local Government’s Cashiers and different Personal and Cooperate Accounts,the cost sheet mentioned.
The state authorities additionally accused them of transfering the funds into {dollars} for his or her private advantages.
The state additional alleged that they acquired a service residence on the Murtala Muhammad Way, a industrial residence at Akoya Oxygen – x20868 Dubai in Tigerwood and plot 2201 Floor 22 Damac Height, Marsa Dubai Marina, a multi billion Naira Hotel in Jabi, Abuja.
Others are filling stations, on Gwarzo Road Kano, Eastern Bypass Kano.
In the cost sheet, the state mentioned it’ll name 143 witnesses.
No date has been mounted for the matter.
NAN reviews that on April 4, the Kano authorities filed a go well with towards Ganduje, his spouse, Hafsat Umar and 6 others earlier than the Kano High Court.The six others embody Ganduje’s son, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd., Safari Textiles Ltd., and Lesage General Enterprises.
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NAN additionally reviews that on Juky 16, within the cost sheet with case No. Ok/143c/24, the state authorities accused Ganduje and erstwhile commissioner for justice, Musa Lawan, have been charged with legal conspiracy and misappropriation.
The Kano authorities accused Ganduje and Lawan of abuse of workplace.
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