Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Monday arrested the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Gambo
Sallau and 10 other principal officers of the house.
It was gathered their arrest followed a petition over the N25bn
supplementary budget presented by the governor, Rabiu Kwakwanso to the
lawmakers on December 5.
There are suspicions that the
supplementary budget is a cover up to financial misappropriation.
Kwakwanso recently left the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party with four other governors to join the opposition
party-All Progressives Congress.
The EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson
Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest to our correspondent in Abuja.
He said, “It is true they were
invited. They are still with us. They were brought in from Kano today
(Monday).”
He, however, refused to give details
of the arrests and the allegations.
Uwujaren, however, debunked
insinuations that the arrest had political undertone.
He said, “It has nothing to do with
politics. The insinuation is unfounded. The EFCC is only performing its
statutory responsibility.”
However, Kwakwanso, has expressed
dismay and shock, over the arrest of the state lawmakers.
He alleged that the public officials
were arrested in connection with the budget amendment of 2013 of
the state government, which had already been signed into law by the state
governor.
He said, “It is crystal clear that
the above mentioned public officials were arrested by the EFCC on the orders
from the above, because of the legislators’ defection to APC, in support of
Kwakwanso.
“This action is obviously to
intimidate and cow them into submission for choosing to move to the
progressives’ fold. This action is not only despicable and absurd but also capable
of igniting crisis in the polity, thereby breaching the relative peace that is
being enjoyed in Kano State.”
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ReplyDeleteSo is only federal government that will not follow due process and go free, what of Oduah that done something out of budget and go free EFCC you are doing a good job by selective justice
ReplyDeleteEFCC everybody knows is politically Motivated ?
ReplyDeleteJonathan and EFCC ?
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