Police operatives in Kano have laid siege to the residence of a former chairman of Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, Muhuyi Rimingado on Sunday.
Mr Rimingado was suspended in July last year after opening a probe on financial scandals and inflated contracts allegedly awarded to some companies linked to the governor’s family.
The police stationed their operational vehicles near his Yahaya Gusau Road residence and ambushed him around 7 pm, DAILY NIGERIAN reports.
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Residents of the area confirmed the siege saying gunshots were heard while the police storm the area.
“We heard sounds of gunshots, and we saw the security agents around the house.
“Later around 9:30 pm, we heard the sound of screeching tyres as they chased a vehicle that came out of the house,” one of his neighbours narrated.
It is, however, unclear whether Mr Magaji Rimingado was arrested or not.
When contacted, the Kano Police Spokesman SP Abdullahi Kiyawa said he was not briefed but would respond as soon as he get details of the incident.
Court dismissed Muhuyi’s ex-parte application
On March 1, a Federal High Court sitting in Kano dismissed an ex parte application filed by Mr Rimingado, seeking to stop an investigative panel instituted by Kano State House of Assembly and restrain the police from investigating, arresting or intimidating him, pending the hearing and determination of subsisting court action instituted at state high court.
Recall that the Kano State House of Assembly had invited Mr Rimingado to appear before its ad-hoc committee investigating a petition against him on July 14, 2021.
But Mr Rigingado, while citing health grounds and attaching medical records to boot, demanded a true certified copy of the petition the assembly received against him and requested more time to appear.
On July 19, 2021, the National Hospital wrote to the Kano State House of Assembly, saying the medical records he presented to the House were fake.
Its reply dated July 19, 2021, with reference number NHA/CMAC/GC/0117/2021/V.I/01 and signed by the director, Clinical Services, Dr A.A. Umar, the National Hospital said it investigated the documents and discovered that they were forged.
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