Kebbi assembly orders arrest of ex-Gov Dakingari

Kebbi State House of Assembly has asked the police to arrest former governor Usman Saidu Dakingari for his failure to appear before a House committee over alleged contract fraud.

The order was issued yesterday after the former governor failed to honour several invitations to appear before the panel.

The House last week gave the former governor up to yesterday to appear before it but when he failed to do so it decided to issue a subpoena.

He was required to appear for questioning regarding his role in the award of the state airport multi-billion naira airport contract.

The N18 billion airport contract was awarded by Dakingari’s government but the legislators are now investigating a report that the contract had been inflated by N6.4 billion.

During yesterday’s sitting, the Speaker, Alhaji Samaila Abdulmumini Kamba informed members that the Clerk of the House had confirmed to him that Dakingari did not appear as expected.

Daily Trust, May 24, 2017

 

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