From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf to extend his probe to the administration of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
The APC State Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, disclosed this in his reaction to the inauguration of two Commissions of Inquiry to investigate the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
On Thursday, the state government inaugurated two commissions headed by Justice Zuraiwa and Justice Lawan Farouk to probe cases of misappropriation of public properties and assets, political violence and missing persons during the Ganduje administration.
In a statement yesterday, however, Abdullahi Abbas faulted the timeline of the probe, insisting that it ought have captured, “From 1999—2009 and 2011-2015 when 70 percent of government properties were sold or fraudulently allocated to friends and families.”
Abbas also remarked: “Interestingly, the sharing of the state assets happened right under the nose of Abba Kabir Yusuf, when he was the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport in the state.”
The APC chairman also alleged that from 2011=2015, the controversial five kilometer road projects in the 44 local governments were awarded, only for the funds to be misappropriated without the projects being executed”.
He also hinted that during the same period, over 3 billion naira was earmarked for a particular project but was never executed by the administration.
The statement alleged that it is on record that some key elements of the present administration in the state, had threatened to kill the judges of the 2003 election petition tribunal in a viral video, but nothing was done to assuage the situation.
“It is shocking and disturbing that despite the threat to life meted out by one of the Commissioners against the judicial officers, the name of the commissioner was resubmitted to the Kano State House of Assembly for confirmation and has since been cleared by the House as a Commissioner.
Faulting the composition of the two Commissions of Inquiry, the APC chairman asserted its membership reveals that they are made up of members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and other partisan politicians.
“This singularly and clearly shows that the commission has been assigned with a duty to witch-hunt and politically victimize the subjects of investigation,” the statement said.