The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) is reportedly investigating the Kano State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Murtala Garo.
Garo, is being investigated and has been interrogated by the anti-corruption agency over alleged fraud.
The commissioner is being questioned over alleged possession of some choice properties in Kano State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Spokesman for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development when asked to confirm the position.
However, Oyewale said that the commissioner was “only invited not arrested” to explain “one or two issues.” Oyewale did not give further details on the investigation.
Speculations are however that the commissioner was invited by the Kano office of the anti-graft agency to explain the source of his wealth in real estate, trucks, filling stations, among others.
The incident comes weeks after a non-governmental organisation based in Abuja, Centre for Public Trust (CPT), commended Governor Abdullahi Gaduje for establishing the Kano State anti-corruption institute.
In a letter addressed to the governor, the group congratulated him for what it described as “a bold and novel initiative that is capable of transforming the governance landscape in the state.”
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