On April 24, BBC reported
that Sanusi was being investigated alongside some officials of the emirate for
alleged misappropriation of some billions.
The British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) has sent apologies to Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, over
incorrect reports that he was under investigations regarding mismanagement of
funds belonging to the Kano emirate.
In a letter by Jamie Angus,
BBC editorial director, the media outfit expressed its apologies for the
reports, which were found to be incorrect.
Earlier, Sanusi had been
accused on social media as spending nearly a billion naira on two Royce Rolls,
which TheCable found out were given to him by his influential friends.
He was also accused of
ostentatiously spending N4 billion belonging to the emirate, which was also
discovered to be false.
Apologising to Sanusi, the
BBC editorial director explained how the corporation got the facts wrong from
an interview with Muhyi Magaji, chairman of Kano state public complaints and
anti-corruption commission.
“The reports that appeared
on BBC website were purportedly based on the interview that Mr Muhyi Magaji,
chairman of Kano state public complaints and anti-corruption commission gave to
our bureau in Abuja,” the letter read.
“The recording of the
interview was passed to another colleague in Abuja office, summarised in a
despatch and then sent to London where the online report was written and
published.
“It is now clear from our
investigations that the reports did not accurately reflect what we were told by
Mr. Magaji, who had, in fact, made clear to our reporter that you had not been
invited in for questioning and indeed that it was unlikely that there would be
a need to invite you for question.
“Accordingly, the report we
published suggested that you were under personal investigation was not correct
and for that I offer my sincere apologies.”
The director also
appreciated the manner in which Sanusi handled the issue and his “willingness
to see things dealt with in an amicable way”.
Apology accepted
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