SHOCKING! Kano LG Chairman ARRESTED for Selling Stadium at N100M 🚨💰
The Chairman of the Kiru Local Government Area in Kano State, Abdullahi Mohammed, has been arrested for illegally selling land meant for a mini stadium to be called “Kafin Maiyaki Mini Stadium.”
He was arrested following an investigation by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. Findings from the Commission indicated that the land was sold to Mahasum, a company, for over ₦100million.
The arrest was confirmed by the anti-graft agency’s Public Relations Officer, Kabir Abba Kabir, who disclosed that Mohammed’s account was credited with the sum of ₦240 million from November 1, 2024, when he was sworn in, to February 27, 2025, adding that the amount has been recovered.
There are indications that Mohammed is working in collaboration with investigators as the action of authority is to unravel the facts regarding the fraud of land sale and bring the perpetrators to book.
The commission reiterated its resolve to be at war against corruption and ensure transparency in governance, with the suspect already in custody as investigations into the matter continue.
In another development, a Federal High Court in Warri set aside an earlier judgment it delivered against a BDC operator, Julius Oluwafunmisho Okedele, of financial fraud brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The court ruled that the inclusion of Okedele’s name in the alleged fraud and cybercrime case marked FHC/WR/110C/2019 against the defendant/respondent without informing him amounted to a violation of his fundamental rights under the Constitution.
Said this, the court struck out his name from the action and directed the EFCC to publicly apologize to Okedele for having involved him in the first place.
On December 2, 2019, the EFCC charged Akegor Godbless Omamuyovwi in the Warri Division of the Federal High Court for alleged cybercrime and internet fraud.
The other two defendants in the suit, including Okedele, were said to be at large and tried in absentia by the EFCC.
The EFCC never informed Okedele of his status as a defendant in the suit, unbeknownst to the court.
The facts of the case explained that Okedele had conducted foreign exchange transactions with Akegor as part of his business activities in 2018 and 2019.
Thereafter, the EFCC, Edo State office, in Benin, invited Okedele on December 5, 2019, and he turned up to give vital information regarding his business activities to the investigative team.
In the second invitation dated December 10, 2019, the EFCC cleared him of any case and withdrew from further investigation.
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