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A former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday, turned himself in for interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES reports.
According to the medium, Kwankwaso arrived at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja just before noon on Saturday.
“This was after repeated invitations not honoured by him,” PREMIUM TIMES quoted a source as saying.
The former governor was being investigated over a 2015 petition by Concerned Kano State Workers and Pensioners, who alleged that he violated the Kano State Pension and Gratuity Law of 2007 in the management of pension remittances, amounting to about N10 billion contributed between 2011 and 2015.
Kwankwaso governed Kano State between 1999 and 2003, before returning for his second term between 2011 and 2015.
The 64-year-old also served Senator between 2015 and 2019.
According to the petitioners, Kwankwaso had directed that pension remittances be used for housing development, largely to favour the pensioners.
A tripartite deal was later reached between Kano State Pension Trust Fund as the investor, Kano State Investment and Property Limited and Kano State Housing Corporation Limited as developers on a 60:40 sharing ratio.
However, after contracts for the construction of 1,579 houses were awarded for the development of ” Kwankwasiya, Amana, and Bandarawa Cities,” the petitioners alleged that Kwankwaso manipulated the process to terminate the term of the agreement and made outright allocations in favour of his aides and cronies.
The alleged manipulation happened in May 2015, the month Kwankwaso left office as governor of the state.