Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II is likely to be suspended over the misappropriation of N3.4 billion, following a recommendation from the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission
The alleged amount was said to have been misappropriated between 2014 and 2017.
According to the commission, the emir, whom they tagged principal
suspect, should be suspended pending when investigations are concluded.
The Emir and other suspects were suspended by a preliminary investigation, especially for obstructing investigation.
The
report indicated the spending of over N1.4 billion in various
expenditures by the Kano Emirates as fraudulent and unappropriated,
which contravenes the provisions of Section 120 of the 1999 Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 8 of the
Kano State Emirate Council Special Fund Law 2004.
The
expenditures also violated Section 314 of Penal Code as well as
provisions of Section 26 of the Kano State Public Complaints and
Anti-Corruption Commission Law 2008 (as amended).
“It is also the
opinion of this Commission, based on the available evidence, that Emir
Muhammadu Sanusi II continued to undermine the investigation through
various means which include giving instruction to all officers invited
for clarification to shun the commission’s invitation. The act is
seriously affecting the process of our statutory responsibility and
offends the provisions of Section 25 of the Commission’s enabling Law
2008 (as amended),” the report said.
Part of the recommendation calls for a legal action on all suspects as soon as investigations are concluded.
