This time, it is the sale of 22 hectares of land at Gandun Sarki, Dorayi Karama, in Gwale Local Government Area of the state and alleged diversion of the money into private royal pockets that have landed the Kano royals in hot waters.
But the Kano Emirate Council had in its reply to enquiries from PCACC said it never approved the sale of the land and so, the purported sale was null and void.
Court papers in a suit filed by the alleged buyer, Alhaji Yusuf Shuaibu Aliyu, to restrain the anti-corruption boss from stopping construction works, had indicated that the Emirate Council sold 14 of the 22 hectares to him at N200m while the heirs of the late Emir Ado Bayero sold the remaining eight hectares to him at N575m.
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Land scam: We respect court order – Kano anti-graft agency
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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti- Corruption Commission (PCACC) says it will respect the court order to maintain status quo over its investigation of alleged sale of land belonging to the Kano Emirate Council.
The Chairman of the commission, Mr Muhuyi Magaji, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Kano.
Magaji said the commission had already complied with the court order restraining the parties to the case from further action on the land.
The consolidated case order before the state High Court is cited as: Suit No. K/215/2021, and dated March 31 and April 1.