The Kano State Public Complaint and
Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II to
appear before it over a fresh allegation of land racketeering.
Chairman of the
commission, Muhuyi Rimingado, said the commission is empowered to open fresh
investigation on anybody found wanting, disclosing that the emir had a case to
answer.
Muhuyi said Sanusi is being invited to clear
his name over an allegation of illegal sale of government property, noting that
the latest allegation is not related to the previous investigation.
Muhuyi informed that Emir Sanusi was being
invited to clear his name of an allegation of illegal sale of government
property, noting that the latest allegation was not related to the previous
investigation.
“I wish to categorically state that, this
commission is entering a new investigation brought forward by a whistleblower
on 29th December 2019, and is not related to an earlier investigation which is
still the subject matter of the civil suit.
Preliminary findings suggest that a company – Country Wide House Ltd.- served as a corporate vehicle to allegedly launder the sum of over N2 billion being proceeds of several hectares of land in Darmanawa phases I and II and Bubbugaji, under the former right of occupancy CON-RESS 2016-503 illegally sold to Messrs Family Home Fund Limited at the alleged instance of His Highness, the Emir of Kano.
The investigation
further revealed that some of the proceeds of the sales remitted to the Emirate
Council’s bank account can be traced to the companies of interest to His
Highness.”