Court orders Kano anti-corruption commission to suspend probe on Emir Sanusi

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the Kano State
Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission to suspend its
ongoing investigation against Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II over an
allegation of financial misappropriation running into billions of
naira.

Recall that on June 7, Muhammad Munnir Sanusi, a holder of Dan
Buran, as well as the Chief of Staff to Emir Sanusi, had approached
the court seeking the restraining of the state government or its
agent from taking further action based on the preliminary report of
the state’s anti-graft agency.

In his ruling on Tuesday, Justice O A. Egwuatu, restrained the
anti-corruption agency against taking any further action against Mr
Sanusi pending determination of the motion on notice dated June
7.

Justice Egwuatu, therefore, adjourned the ruling till June
28.

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AbdulRazaq Suspends Kwara LG Councils for Six
Months

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has suspended the 16
local government Council executive and legislative committees in
line with the earlier recommendation of the State House of
Assembly.

“Pursuant to the resolution of the Kwara State House of Assembly
dated this 18th day of June, 2019, and Section 29 of the Kwara
State Local Government Law Cap. K33, 2006, I, Mallam AbdulRahman
AbdulRazaq, the executive governor of Kwara State, hereby suspend
the executive and legislative committees of all the Sixteen (16)
Local Government Areas in the state for a period of six months or
pending the outcome of the investigations into allegations of
misappropriation of public funds by the Kwara State House or
Assembly, whichever is earlier in time,” according to a statement
signed by the Governor on Tuesday.

The suspension came hours after the House of Assembly
recommended the suspension of the local council executive and
legislative committees.

The House had, in the resolution earlier in the day, urged the
governor “to immediately suspend all the 16 Local Government
Executive and Legislative Committees in the state pending the
outcome of the investigation into the allegations of
misappropriation of public funds levelled against them so as not to
jeopardise the process of investigation”.

Section 29 of the Kwara State Local Government Law Cap. K33,
2006 empowers the governor to suspend the chief executive of the
local council for six months.

The Constitution, on the other hand, empowers the House of
Assembly to investigate the local councils for alleged infraction
and corruption.

Rafiu Ajakaye
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor