Facts emerged over the weekend why Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimi Gado, chairman of Kano Anti-corruption Agency, may have run into trouble water with the state government.
A source privy to the emerging development told this platform on condition of anonymity that unknown to many governments had compiled a long list of alleged misdemeanours against the anti-corruption czar over time.
The source revealed that the embattled public officer couldn’t allegedly account for billion of loot recovered by his agency when the government sought to know.
The source further revealed that the government was also concerned over the alleged inability of the Chairman to account for millions of dollars from international donor agencies.
“I could recall there are official instances where the government requested the Chairman of the anti-corruption Agency to give a comprehensive account of billion of loot recovered, millions of dollars from international donor agencies to the Commission within the last couple of years,” the source declared.
The source explained that the government became wearied when it launched a private inquest on the flamboyant lifestyle of the public officer.
The move by the government on Rimi Gado came shortly after the Anti-corruption czar move to his palatial fortress located in a high brow area of the commercial city, Independent reports.
Source confirmed that the multi-million naira fortress dubbed “architecture masterpiece” was alleged to have dwarfed residents and relegated their buildings to antiquities.
He alleged that the private investigation report submitted to the governor painted a picture of a public officer larger than life image whose total emoluments can not diligently support such outlandish ostentation.
But a senior official of the Agency who spoke on the matter on the condition of anonymity said, ” I’ve read press report on the emerging development concerning the Agency and my boss and therefore wish to state that the story in the public space is an admixture of facts and fiction”.
The official explained that “issues bothering loot recovery, total from International donors, and open government policies are captured on record for the curious mind to interrogate.
He declared that “the records are there for public scrutiny”, we have nothing to hide, and except by share fate my boss is destined to go down, I’m confident he will end up well in office unscathed.”
Alleged plan by the Assembly to remove Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado
Plot to remove the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCAC, Muhuyi Rimingado, has thickened as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje allegedly mounts pressure on the State Assembly to execute the hatchet job.
Informed sources at the Assembly told DAILY NIGERIAN online platform that the governor wanted the legislators to remove the state anti-corruption commission boss for poke nosing into his family’s affairs.
“There is actually a plot, with the governor as arrowhead, to remove Muhuyi. Although the governor did not specifically state Muhuyi’s offence, he just wanted him out of that office.
“You know in the governor’s usual antics of pushing the legislature to take the bullet for him. Remember he did the same when he wanted to get rid of his former deputy, Hafiz Abubakar and former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II,” said a legislator familiar with the plot.
On the possibility of executing the governor’s bidding, the lawmaker said majority Assembly members are rubber-stamps.
According to DAILY NIGERIAN, the crisis began early this month when Mr Rimingado beamed his searchlight into the contracts allegedly awarded to companies linked to the governor’s family.
In a letter sighted by the paper with reference number PCACC/CM/OFF/VOL.1/071 dated June 10, 2021, and signed by the chairman of the commission, Muhuyi Rimingado, the commission requested the commissioner of the Ministry of Works to provide information relating to construction of Cancer Center and the supply of diesel by the state government.
“In the exercise of its powers under Section 9 and Section 15 of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law 2008 (as amended), the Commission is currently conducting an investigation which requires you to provide the following details:-
“(a) All documents relating to Cancer Centre
“(b) All documents about procurement of Diesel.
“(c) Any other information that will aid the Commission’s investigation.”
Credible sources told this newspaper that bulk diesel supply in government ministries, departments and agencies is the exclusive preserve of the first family.
It was gathered that the contract for the Cancer Centre’s construction, believed to be handled by a proxy of the first family, is undergoing a series of variation, which calls for concern of the commission.
The contract for the Cancer Centre was initially awarded at the cost of N2.4 billion but currently stands at over N5billion due to a series of variations.
DAILY NIGERIAN also reports that there is alleged round-tripping in the diesel supply contracts, such that funds were allegedly released without the supply of the commodity.
