Kano files charges against Ganduje, sons over ‘diversion of Dala Inland Dry Port shares’

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The Kano state government has filed a 10-count charge against Abdullahi Ganduje, the former governor, over the alleged diversion of its equity stake in the Dala Inland Dry Port.

The state government filed the charges on Thursday at the high court in Kano.

Other defendants in the case are Abubakar Sahabo Bawuro, former special adviser to Ganduje; Hassan Bello, former executive secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council; Adamu Aliyu Sanda, a legal practitioner; Umar Abdullahi Umar and Muhammad Abdullahi Umar, the two sons of Ganduje.

Recently, the Kano state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) announced that it had launched an investigation into the alleged diversion of more than N4 billion of state funds into the Dala Inland Dry Port.

The probe centres on claims that contracts worth billions of naira for infrastructure were awarded at the port when Ganduje was governor of Kano, shortly after the state’s 20 percent equity was converted to the former governor’s family in 2020.

The transaction was said to have edged Kano state out of ownership of the facility and allegedly installed Ganduje’s children as directors and shareholders of the multi-billion-naira investment.

But the management of the port had denied the claim that Ganduje’s family members are among the shareholders. Thecable