Kwankwaso’s former commissioner docked for alleged N47.168m fraud

The immediate-past Commissioner for Health in Kano state under the tenure of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Dr. Abubakar Labaran was on Thursday arraigned before a Kano High Court sitting at Audu Bako secretariat over alleged misappropriation of N47, 168, 000.00 scholarship fund.

The Nation reports that Dr. Labaran was also a member of the state Scholarship Committee that handled funds made for tuition fees and allowances of Kano state indigenes studying in Mansoura University, Egypt.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Aisha Rabi’u Danlami, however, granted the accused person bail, in the sum of N200, 000 and two reliable sureties on like sum.

The Nation reports that the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission dragged Dr. Yusuf before the court to respond to a three count charge.

The Nation, March 9, 2018

 

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