The troubles of the Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi II are far from over as the state anti-graft agency has responded to his reply of an initial query where the emir said he is not the accounting officer of the emirate and that he met less than two billion Naira in the emirate account on assumption of office, therefore would not have been able to miss appropriate the N3.4Billon he is being accused of.
A statement signed by the chairman of Kano state anti-corruption agency, Muhuyi Magaji said the emir is being deceptive. The statement reads in part as follows;
"Any claim that the Emir is not the accounting officer of the Kano Emirate Council is a deception and a misrepresentation of facts.
“Specifically, the reason of our recommendation for the suspension apart from obstruction of investigation which formed the basis, investigation further reveals that Rufa’i Buhari (Senior Accountant) usually made cash withdrawals directly from the account and change it to Dollars on behalf of the Emir.
“Sometimes direct transfers from the account are made to a Bureau De Change belonging to one Jazuli Sani who was said to have died.
“The Commission still maintain the allegation on unappropriated, seemingly personal expenditures, making the total sum of questionable expenditures uncovered by this investigation to the tune of 3.4 billion Naira (N3,432,090,797.94 )”, the report added
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