Crimes commission arrests former Kano State Assembly Speaker for N1.5billion Fraud
The former Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly Isiyaku Ali Danja has been arrested by the Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Kano State for alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of fund meant for constituency projects.
Penpushing reports that the suspect who is now minority leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, got into trouble following a petition that funds meant for payment of tax liabilities to Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) by Kano State Government were allegedly diverted and misappropriated to the tune of over N1, 500,000,00 from the sub-treasury account of the State Government.
The Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Tony Orilade said,several suspicious payments were allegedly traced to some beneficiaries, including some made to Allad Drilling Limited, a company in which the suspect is the sole signatory.
‘Investigation by the EFCC further revealed that the funds were on several occasions, personally withdrawn in cash by the suspect, while he was the only one who could officially state whether jobs were done before any payments could be made’,Orilade said.
Penpushing recalled that the the commission had earlier arrested the Commissioner for Special Duties in State, Mukhtar Ishaq, for allegedly diverting funds meant for Kano Municipal Local Government while he was Chairman of the said local government.
The Commissioner was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following a petition that alleged that while he was chairman of Kano Municipal, he diverted funds meant for projects, development and empowerment of the people.
The Commission’s spokesman said the petitioner further alleged that Mukhtar ordered the deduction of N30, 000, from the account of each council member without justification, and was also alleged to have converted property of Kofar Nasarawa Primary School, Kano, into shops and sold same at the rate of N10, 000,000, per shop and diverted the money to personal use.
Penpushing further reports that, Head of Media and Publicity of the Commission said,both suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigations.
