IGP team arrests Kano anti-corruption boss for confiscating Ganduje’s property

Police team from the office of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Eg­betokun have reportedly arrested
the Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption for onfiscating a property belonging to the former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

Umar Ganduje is the current National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The operatives on Friday stormed the Kano Anti-corruption Commission and demanded that the quizzing of the Chairman, Muhuyi Rimingado cting orders from above.

The operation was led by an Assistant Superintent of Police, ASP Ahmed Bello, according to inquiries by CAPITAL POST in Kano.

CAPITAL POST recalled an investigation by Governor Yusuf Abbas government that culminated into the trial of the ex-Managing Director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company Limited, (KASCO) Bala Muhammed Inuwa for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of over N4 billion.

The trial that commenced in November 2023 at Kano High Court presided by Justice Hafsat Yahaya ordered the seizure of property linked to the matter including money in banks pending the determination of the suit.

Muhammed Inuwa, however, made effort and filed a suit before another Kano High Court presided by Justice Aisha Ya’u who granted an order mandating the removal of police officers stationed at Limestone Processing Links Ltd., where the confiscated properties were kept.

However, the Anticorruption Commission expressed surprise that it was not aware of the suit as the applicant in the matter according to the order sued the police authority and the commission was not joined.

The commission said it immediately filed a stay of execution on the order asking to be joined in the suit as the police are just protecting the property are the ones attached to the commission and the commission is the party needed to be party in the suit, not the police.

Addressing journalists two weeks ago, shortly after preventing the move to take over the property worth over N2 billion that includes trailers, trucks, minivans and others, the commission Chairman, Muhuyi Rimingado said KAROTA personnel were directed to move the items to a state government warehouse in Nasarawa GRA from Kumbotso local government area in line with section 40 of the anticorruption law that empowers the commission to act accordingly since the matter is in court.

It was later gathered that when the commission officials and Bala Muhammad Inuwa were invited to the Kano Police headquarters, the former managing director allegedly boasted that the items belonged to former governor Abdullahi Ganduje and nobody can take them away from him.

However, on Friday evening the IGP monitoring unit arrested Muhuyi Magaji Rimigado and was taken to Zone One police headquarters in Kano.

At the zone 1 police headquarters, the Lawyers to the anticorruption chairman were not allowed to speak with him.

Efforts to speak with the Force Police Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi was not successful as his line was engaged and a text message sent was not replied.

Also, the spokesman of Abdullahi Ganduje, APC National Chairman, Edwin Olofu could not be reached as his phone was switched off.