Already, the Board of Trustees has dissolved Liti Kulkul from leadership for numerous offenses, ranging from refusal to vacate office after the expiration of his tenure in 2015, as well as allegations of selling plots of land and possessions belonging to the association for personal gain.
The Board of Trustees of the Kano Traders Union has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing the former leadership of Kano Textile Market Association of embezzling over N700 million in union money.
Already, the Board of Trustees has dissolved Liti Kulkul from leadership for numerous offenses, ranging from refusal to vacate office after the expiration of his tenure in 2015, as well as allegations of selling plots of land and possessions belonging to the association for personal gain.
Similarly, the Traders Board of Trustees led by Bature AbdulAziz have obtained a Court Order, restraining the Liti Kulkul dissolved leadership from tampering with the assets, finances, and properties of the textile market association.
The court order obtained by the trustees restrained the sacked executive members from further disposing of the properties of the market association, pending the hearing of the motion on notice.
Bature AbdulAziz, who is also the President of the Harmonized National Traders Association, told reporters in Kano that already they have appointed a new Caretaker Committee headed by Gambo Danpass to oversee the affairs of the market for the next three months before elections.
According to him, they exhausted all entreaties, including meeting with the Police AIG Zone One to convince Liti Kulkul to conduct elections, as his tenure has since elapsed but to no avail.
The Chairman of Traders Board of Trustees also disclosed that, apart from the caretaker committee created, two other committees have been constituted to investigate how three buses, plots of land, and other properties belonging to the market are missing.
He said that the matter is criminal in nature, hence the decision to petition the EFCC to investigate how N700m became missing from the market treasury.
The new Caretaker Chairman, Gambo Danpass accepted the responsibility to conduct fresh elections, pending the election of the new executive members, emphasizing that he wants to see a more responsible leadership that is free of corruption, as well as boost the revenue generation of the State.
However, he said right now they have no idea what money being collected from over 1000 shops across the markets apart from those operating on temporary stalls was used for.
Meanwhile, several calls put across to the sacked Chairman, Liti Kulkul for his reaction was unsuccessful, as his phone was not reachable.
