Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Commission has suspended its probe of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.
The outfit had launched a probe of the finances of the Kano emirate under Sanusi, after the monarch was alleged to have misappropriated N6bn of the emirate’s funds.
This came in the wake of Sanusi’s criticism of the northern establishment, having also described the North as the poorest region in the country
Yesterday, Muhuyi Magaji, chairman
of the commission, disclosed that the investigation was suspended because of
the intervention of the state House of Assembly, which has taken over the
matter.
“We could not continue as the house
was also conducting an investigation. We wrote to the House seeking details
about the content of their investigations,” he said.
The state lawmakers recently
instituted an 8-man committee to investigate fresh charges against the Emir,
including defamation of character, breach of oath of office/oath of allegiance,
abuse of office privileges and protocol as well as political and religious
interference.
The committee headed by the Chief
Whip of the House has 14 days to submit it’s findings.
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