The reinstated Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission (KSPCACC) Muhuyi Msgaji Rimim Gado, has said he would launch fresh investigation into the alleged collection of 5 million dollar bribe by the immediate past governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
At a press conference in Kano Tuesday, Gado said as one saddled with the responsibility of checking sharp corrupt practices in low and high places, he was under no impediment to carry the exercise.
He said the issue of launching fresh investigation has become necessary for the public to know what actually transpired, adding that there were limitations in the way such probe was conducted in the past as both the governor and his deputy had immunity from prosecution.
Muhuyi who was sent packing by Governor Ganduje over alleged abuse of office and financial impropriety, stated that he was at liberty to forge ahead with the probe knowing that the immediate past governor has no immunity from prosecution.
He said: “When I said something like thi, I really mean it. In my capacity as chairman of the anti graft agency, I am conversant with tbe role I am supposed to play in checking the excesses of those who abuse their office in the name of corruption.”
In his reaction to the pronouncement, the immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Abdullabi Lawal, described the decision of the chairman of the commission to revisit the dollar gate as a decision taken out of ignorance.
He said since the case was currently at the Appeal Court, it would be counter- productive to be revisited.
In a related development, the commission has arrested the immediate past Commissioner of Works, Alhaji Wada Idriss, for allegedly withdrawing the sum of one billion naira meant for the execution of a contract that was not executed.
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