The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption
Commission has opened an investigation into the accounts of the Kano Emirate
Council over allegations of ‘questionable expenditures’ running into billions
of naira over a short period of time, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered yesterday.
As part of the probe, the Emirate Council’s secretary and treasurer have been
summoned to shed light on how over N4billion was expended and to present legal
instruments backing the expenditure, a source at the anti-corruption agency
disclosed.
The staff were asked to be at the commission’s office on May
2, 2017, he said.
By Stella Iyaji and Yusha’u Ibrahim
