Ex-Speaker, Kano House of Assembly in EFCC Net

By Adamu Aminu, Kano.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has grilled the current Minority Leader and former speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Isiyaku Ali Danja over alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of monies meant for constituency projects.

The Minority Leader was grilled at the commission’s Kano Zonal Office on Monday

A reliably confirmed source told FWM on Monday evening that the Lawmaker’s dilemma began after the Commission received a petition that monies meant for payment of tax liabilities to Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) by Kano State Government were allegedly diverted and misappropriated from the sub-treasury account of the State.

The source said in the course of the investigation, various skeptical payments were traced to multiple beneficiaries including some made to Allad Drilling Limited, a company belonging to the suspect and whose accounts he is the sole signatory.

 It was also discovered that these monies were withdrawn in cash by the suspect on several occasions. Interestingly he is the one to certify that the jobs were done before any payments are made.

EFCC said the investigation is still ongoing to discover the beneficiaries of the other suspicious outflows from the sub-treasury account which is believed to be over N1,500,000,000 (One Billion, Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only).

”He would be charged to court on completion of the investigation,” according to EFCC.