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Corruption Allegation: I'm Not The Account Officer, Sanusi Replies To Ganduje’s Query

Ganduje had on Wednesday asked Sanusi to account for the mismanagement of N3.4 billion by the Emirate between 2014 and 2017 citing a report by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission who also recommended the suspension of the emir.

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Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has replied to the query issued to him by Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, over alleged financial misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Emirate Council.

Ganduje had on Wednesday asked Sanusi to account for the mismanagement of N3.4 billion by the Emirate between 2014 and 2017 citing a report by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission who also recommended the suspension of the emir.

In his reply on Saturday through Abba Yusuf, Acting Secretary of the Kano Emirate Council, Sanusi stated that the allegation of mismanagement of N3.4 billion as the Emirate Council only had N1, 893, 378, 927.38 when he took over while also adding that he could not be held responsible for any mismanagement as he is not the account officer neither is he the Secretary of the Council.

The letter said, “I am directed to refer to your letter No. SSG/OFF/03/V.I, dated June 6th, 2019 to which was attached a copy of the report of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Chairman containing some allegations of financial misappropriation of the sum of N3.4 billion by the Kano Emirate Council.

“You may wish to note that at the time His Highness was appointed Sarkin Kano, the exact amount in the account of the Kano Emirate Council was N1,893,378,92.38 (One Billion Eight Hundred and Ninety-Three Million, Three Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty Seven Naira, Thirty-Eight Kobo Only).

“It is also important to note that His Highness, Sarkin Kano is not the Accounting Officer of the Kano Emirate Council, but the Secretary of the Council. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to the various allegations contained in the report and accordingly give our responses as per the attached.”