Breaking: EFCC Seals Off Former Governor Kwankwaso's Property
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Aug 20, 2021
A property belonging to the former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been sealed off by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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The anti-graft agency is investigating the former lawmaker representing Kano Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly over an alleged diversion of local government funds amounting to N3.08billion.
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Barrister Mustapha Danjuma, counsel to Engineer Abubakar Maisha'ani and Alhaji Najumai Garba Kobo, in a petition had alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain received contributions of N70 million from each of the 44 local government councils (ttotallingN3.08billion) towards his presidential primary in 2015.
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Recall that Kwankwaso contested in the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress in 2015 but lost to President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Kwankwaso following his defeat in the primary dumped the ruling party for the PDP.
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This is coming after EFCC arrested a former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji.
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All Facts News reports that Orji, the lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District in the Senate, was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday morning.
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