The CCB and the EFCC recently launched investigations against the Kano State anti-graft boss, Mr Magaji, who was investigating Mr Ganduje for alleged corruption before the former Kano State governor became APC chair.
, has accused Abdullahi Ganduje of exerting his influence on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to “intimidate” Muhuyi Magaji, chairperson, Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission.An aide to Mr Ganduje also denied the allegation saying: “APC national chairman does not interfere with the operations of government agencies let alone anti-corruption institutions.”
But upon assumption of office as Kano governor in May, Abba Yusuf, in obedience to a subsisting court order, reinstated Mr Magaji as the state’s anti-corruption chairman., defeating Mr Ganduje’s anointed candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, of the APC.
However, the EFCC and the CCB have both sent out letters to the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, requesting information claiming to be investigating the commission, the HEDA bossHe wondered why federal government anti-corruption agencies have shied away from investigating Mr Ganduje and other members of his cabinet “severally accused of corruption”.
In a letter dated 8 August, the EFCC requested Mr Magaji to release his commission’s director of finance and accounts for interrogations at the federal agency in Abuja. The bureau in its letter signed off by Gwimi S.P, also asked the Kano anti-corruption boss to supply it with his “salary pay slips from July 2020 to August 2023.”
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