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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) says forensic analysis has confirmed that the dollar videos of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje were not doctored. In 2017, Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. But speaking at ‘A One Day Public Dialogue on Anti-Corruption Crusade in Kano’, on Wednesday, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, Chairman of the agency, said the authenticity of the videos had been confirmed.

He said since the release of the footages, people have been challenging the commission under him to prove the innocence or otherwise of the former governor in the matter. He added that his commission commenced investigation in 2018 but could not go far because Ganduje, who was governor at the time, had immunity.

 

Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero urges wealthy individuals and businesses to invest in education to save children's future and the state. He announced that secondary education will reduce unemployment, create jobs, and contribute to socio-economic development. The school, established in 2014, has graduated excellent students in Nigeria and abroad.

 

Some indigenes and residents of Kano state have condemned in totality the demolition of historic Kano government roundabout by governor Abba Yusuf. Governor Abba Yusuf reportedly ordered the demolition in the early hours of Wednesday. The roundabout, known as Kano Golden Jubilee Monument, was erected in the year 2017, to commemorate Kano’s attainment of 50 years as a state.

Reacting to the development, former special adviser to former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, said the demolition broke his heart. Yakasai, who described the demolition as heartbreaking, said: “We’ve not seen any plans for a new Kano. We’ve not heard of ways to make Kano greater, all (the governor) has been doing since assuming office is vindictiveness, some justified others not so much. Once you lose the goodwill of Kano, there is no gaining it back, even if you will turn it to Mecca.

Nasiru Abdullahi, popularly known as Chile Maidoki, who is among three notorious criminals on the wanted list of the Kano State Police Command with a bounty of N100,000 each on their heads, on Saturday, surrendered to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mohammed Usaini Gumel. The command’s spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said that Chile Maidoki’s surrender brought to 100 the number of repentant criminals received by the CP.

He said, “Chile Maidoki told the police that he used to sleep in burial grounds in Kano City to evade detection by security personnel. “He is now appealing to the police and the good people of the state to forgive him; that he has repented and is now ready to work with the police to promote sustainable peace and development in the state.

“Prospective beneficiaries of these bounties with credible information on their whereabouts are required to contact the nearest police station.”

Fresh facts have emerged on the reasons demolition of the symbolic Tumbin Giwa roundabout at kano Government House. The secretary to the state government Dr. baffa bichi has said the symbolic tumbin was demolished because it carried a christian cross, the state government demolished the roundabout which serves as a symbol of the state's Golden Jubilee on wednesday with the state governor saying the demolition was in public interest. He also said apart from the demolished roundabout, another flyover in the state which was constructed by the past administration was equally portraying a christian cross, he said it would also suffer the same fate. On whether they would pay compensation, the SSG urged the victims to claim their money from people that defrauded them.