A Magistrates’ Court in Kano State presided over by Musa Fagge on Wednesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Chairman of Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kabiru Panshekara, for failure to a
ppear before the court despite receiving summons.reports that the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission had filed a suit before the court on alleged breach of trust by Panshekara regarding the distribution of the state government’s COVID-19 relief items in his area.
The anti-graft agency said it frowned on the act of diverting relief materials meant for vulnerable people amid the lockdown to personal coffers.DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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