{"id":105815,"date":"2023-07-04T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=105815"},"modified":"2023-07-04T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T16:11:02","slug":"gandujes-commissioner-5-others-arrested-over-n1bn-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gandujes-commissioner-5-others-arrested-over-n1bn-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganduje\u2019s Commissioner, 5 Others Arrested Over N1bn Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested one of the\u00a0 former commissioners that served under Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and four others over allegations of one billion naira fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The reinstated anti-graft boss in the State, Barr Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado, had promised that everyone accused of bribery and corruption in the past would be made to face the law.<\/p>\n<p>His statement culminated in the arrest and detention of the former commissioner for works and infrastructure, Engr Idris Wada Saleh and five others over allegations of one billion naira fraud.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMustapha Madaki Huguma who served as the director of finance; the director of research and planning; managing director, Kano Road Maintenance Agency; permanent secretary, Public Procurement Bureau, among others, were arrested on Monday evening over allegations of withdrawing over N1 billion for the rehabilitation of 30 roads and drainage in the metropolis but failed to carry out the projects.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nOne of the sources at the anti-graft commission said that the money, which was withdrawn in three tranches, was paid into the account of three companies in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprisingly the Public Procurement Bureau even issued a certificate of no objection for the contract after the payment was made ten days earlier, which is against the Procurement Act 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019The Due Process office said the certificate of no objection was issued because Kano Road Maintenance Agency said the rehabilitation of the roads would be carried out through direct labour, but the papers submitted read otherwise,\u2019\u2019 the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman of the commission, Abba Kabir, confirmed that those arrested are undergoing interrogation and would be arraigned before the court immediately investigation is completed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested one of the\u00a0 former commissioners that served under Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and four others over allegations of one billion&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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