Mr. Gimba Kumo, a former son-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed he was never invited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for the alleged misappropriation of $65m, before he was declared wanted.
Kumo is alleged to have embezzled the money while he was Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.
The ICPC declare him wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola
However, in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, which is dated May 18, 2021, Kumo described the development as unfortunate, adding that no attempt was made at inviting him before he was declared wanted.
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Nigerians were shocked on Thursday when the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission, ICPC declared Gimba Kumo, a son-in-law to
$65m fraud: Presidency says ex-FMBN boss no longer Buhari’s in-law, PDP demands probe
John Alechenu and Adelani Adepegba
Published 15 May 2021
John Alechenu and Adelani Adepegba
Published 15 May 2021
The Presidency has said that a former Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank, Gimba Yau Kumo, declared wanted for $65 million fraud is no longer a son-in-law to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
This is as the Peoples Democratic Party is demanding the probe of Kumo, who got married to Buhari’s daughter in October 2016 in Daura, Katsina State.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission had declared the fugitive wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and dispersion of national housing fund.