Three officials of the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano state, and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, Mustapha Maifada, have been arrested by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission over alleged diversion of ₦105m.
The arrested officials include the council’s Director of Personnel Management, Treasurer, and Cashier.
The PCACC Chairman, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado, who confirmed the arrests to Punch on Tuesday morning, said: “Yes, the officials have been arrested and they are with us.”
Sources disclosed that the three local government officials were initially instructed to issue a payment of ₦105,000 for a program
However, instead of following the directive, they reportedly issued a cheque of ₦105m to the governor’s aide in November 2024.
Acting on intelligence from a financial monitoring system, the anti-graft agency launched an investigation into the alleged misappropriation.
Reports from sources indicate that the detained officials claimed during interrogation that the payment was a mistake, but given the time lapse since November 2024 and other available evidence, the commission will not accept this explanation.
