Nigeria’s Anti-graft Company, EFCC Grills Ex-Kano Governor Kwankwaso Over N10billion Fraud

Officers of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, on Saturday, grilled the fast previous Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over allegations of abuse of workplace, diversion of public funds and fraudulent allocation of presidency properties to cronies

Punch experiences that Kwankwaso was invited for allegedly diverting the N10billion meant for the fee of pensions and building of homes.

Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, was first invited by the EFCC in September however did not honour the invitation.

The report acknowledged that some retirees are believed to have written a petition to the fee demanding the investigation and potential prosecution of the ex-governor.

The retired workers had advised the EFCC that the previous governor mismanaged pension remittances to the tune of N10 billion between 2011 and 2015, to fund a housing undertaking for his cronies.

“Kwankwaso got here in in the present day. He’s responding to questions on alleged fraud following a collection of petitions the EFCC acquired towards him. In certainly one of such petitions, the previous governor was accused of diverting N10bn meant for the fee of pensions and building of homes,” an EFCC detective mentioned.

The previous governor, who’s a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, is amongst these rumoured to be nursing a presidential ambition for 2023.