The Kano State Authorities has filed a recent fraud cost in opposition to the quick previous governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, his Commissioner for Native Authorities, Murtala Garo, and two others.
In line with the cost sheet, Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai had been charged with felony conspiracy, felony breach of belief, making false statements or return and felony misappropriation.
The state accused them of mismanaging the 44 Native Authorities’s statutory allocations remitted to the State Joint Native Governments account from the Federation account.
They had been additionally accused of criminally diverting N57.4billion by a number of private accounts of Native Authorities’s Cashiers and different Private and Cooperate Accounts,the cost sheet stated.
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 condo on the Murtala Muhammad Method, a business condo at Akoya Oxygen – x20868 Dubai in Tigerwood and plot 2201 Ground 22 Damac Peak, Marsa Dubai Marina, a multi billion Naira Resort in Jabi, Abuja.
Others are filling stations, on Gwarzo Highway Kano, Japanese Bypass Kano.
Within the cost sheet, the state stated it’ll name 143 witnesses.
No date has been fastened for the matter.
NAN stories that on April 4, the Kano authorities filed a swimsuit in opposition to Ganduje, his spouse, Hafsat Umar and 6 others earlier than the Kano Excessive Courtroom.The six others embody Ganduje’s son, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd., Safari Textiles Ltd., and Lesage Basic Enterprises.
NAN additionally stories 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, had been charged with felony conspiracy and misappropriation.
The Kano authorities accused Ganduje and Lawan of abuse of workplace.
NAN