This was
confirmed in a statement released by the anti-graft agency on Thursday as the
Kano Emirate requested for another day for the monarch to appear before the
body.
Emir of Kano,
Muhammadu Sanusi II has been ordered to appear before Kano State Public
Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday, March 9, 2020.
Emir Sanusi
was scheduled to appear before the agency on Thursday to answer questions on
alleged illegal sales of land belonging to the emirate.
According to
the Chairman of the Commission Barr. Muhuyi Rimingado, the investigations are
not related to any other probe of the Emir.
He said:
“Preliminary findings suggest that a company, Country Wide House Ltd. served as
a corporate vehicle to allegedly launder the sum of over N2bn being proceeds of
several hectares of land in Darmanawa phase I and II and Bubbugaji, under the
former right of occupancy CON-RESS 2016-503 illegally sold to Messer family
home fund limited at the alleged instance of His Highness the Emir of Kano.”
Rimingado
also claimed that “Investigation further revealed that some of the proceeds of
the sales remitted to the Emirate Council’s bank account can be traced to the
companies of interest to His Highness.”
According to
the body, the investigation of the Emir followed information brought to it by a
whistle-blower, on the 29th of December 2019.
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