Kano PCACC Recovers 80million Naira siphoned from KASCO
By Aminu Garko
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission says it has succeeded in blocking the sum of Eighty Million Naira from the Grant sent to Kano Agricultural Supply Company in 2022 .
The Chairman of the Commission, Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado disclosed this when he lead an Investigation tour to the warehouses were Alleged cars, Heavy duty tractors and tractors believed to have been bought by the siphoned funds were been kept at a place in Kumbotso local government area of the state.
He said the Funds amounting to over four Billion Naira was sent to KASCO from the coppers of Kano state Government as Grant on the 19 August 2022 to 3rd April 2023 , but was allegedly siphoned to the accounts of some companies.
Rimin Gado noted that Eight people have so far been arrested in relation to the case and are currently given fruitful information to the ongoing investigation.
” one of the eight people arrested is a store officer in KASCO , he was offered the sum of one Million Naira to write a false report , he received the money and kept it aside waiting for a day like this to come, he has returned the money back to the recovery account of the commission “
Bareister Muhyi Magaji Maintained that investigation is ongoing, stressing that the commission would not relent in the fight against corruption
