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The emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero is currently enmeshed in financial scandal involving the sale of 22 hectares of land to the tune of N1,295,000,000.
The financial scandal is coming barely a year after his installation following the dethronement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
According to DAILY NIGERIAN, the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, is investigating Bayero alongside his top aides for allegedly diverting parts of the money to personal use.
The chairman of the commission, Muhuyi Magaji, on Friday confirmed the probe saying the commission would not spare anybody found culpable.
The agency had investigated the immediate-past emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over a similar issue and its report was used by the state government to remove the emir.
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Hundreds of Kano residents have taken to the streets to protest the seizure of their lands which houses their Jumaat Mosque and Graveyard by the Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero.
The residents of Darmanawa in Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, who are under the auspices of Darmanawa Layout Development Association, accused the Kano emirate council of attempting to illegally grab Y’ar Akwa Eid Praying Ground by Ado Bayero Royal City Trust Fund, an agency of the Kano emirate council.
Addressing journalists at the premises of the land yesterday, Chairman of the eid ground committee, Barrister Tijjani Yahaya alleged that the emirate was planning to snatch the eid ground, located at Darmanawa layout and convert it to residential plots for commercial purpose.