EFCC arrests 11 principal officers of Kano
House of Assembly
on december 23, 2013 at 3:21 pm in news
By AbdulSalam Muhammad
KANO-The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Monday arrested 11 principal
officers of Kano House of Assembly. The arrested
lawmakers were flown to Abuja in connection with
the passage of N28billion supplementary budget
into law by the lawmakers on Monday.
Those taken into EFCC custody include the Speaker,
Gambo Salau, his Deputy, Majority leader, Hamisu
Ibrahim, Deputy Majority leader, Minority leader,
Deputy minority leader, the Chief Whip, Chairman
House Committee on Appropriation, chairman,
House Committee on Finance and the Clerk of the
Assembly.
Vanguard reports that there was a mild drama when
the security details attached to each of the principal
officers of the Assembly were withdrawn before
they were flown to Abuja an hour latter.
The EFCC invasion triggers panic among serving
commissioners and Head of juicy parastatals in the
state who were compelled by the exigencies to go
underground to avoid been arrested by EFCC
operatives.
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