A US-born Kano indigene who is a journalist and filmmaker, Bello Habib Galadanchi, has raised the alarm, accusing the Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of calling for his arrest after he accused a former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in the state, Murtala Sule Garo, of corruption.
In a video posted on his X account in Hausa Language, Galadanchi said that rather than addressing the corruption allegations against the former commissioner, the APC is calling for his arrest for inciting violence.
“Kano APC is calling for my arrest,” he wrote.
In the video, he stated that the APC in Kano has called for his arrest for “inciting violence.”
He said, “But what did APC do in Kano? Stealing! High-level theft!
“Here is an example: This is APC Kano’s deputy governorship candidate, Murtala Sule Garo. He was the commissioner of local governments under former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
“On another note, this APC leader owns two companies. One was opened in his name as MJ Multipurpose Services and another in his relative’s name, called AU Future Investment Limited.
“Murtala/APC Kano made it mandatory for every local government to pay more than N5 million monthly.
“This fund was supposed to be used to buy diesel for Kano’s water treatment plants. N5 million times 44 local governments equals N228 million monthly. So, did he purchase the oil?
“Remember MJ and AU? They would write to the Ministry of Local Governments, requesting payments of funds for delivering diesel.
“Murtala of the APC used to write to the APC requesting funds for the delivery of ‘diesel.’ He was paying himself.
“He sent money from the government coffers to his bank accounts for MJ and AU.
“The local government commissioner collected N5 million monthly from 44 local governments, and this money was then deposited into his two companies, MJ and AU.
“Did he use it to serve the people? No, AU and MJ deposited the money to Muftahu Sani and NNM Fagge. These are bureau de change companies in Wapa, Fagge Local Government in Kano metropolis.
“They would then change the money to Riyal and wire it to a company called Naxt Vision in Makkah.
“Isn’t Makkah a holy and spiritual place? But APC Kano is turning this sacred city into a place to take our stolen money.
“Naxt Vision is a real estate company. Little by little, to avoid suspicion, Murtala/APC Kano wired N10 billion to Naxt Vision.
“How much is 10,000,000,000? 1 billion is 1,000 million. So 10 billion is 10 times a thousand million. N10 billion would buy 133,000 bags of rice. It could build 50 primary schools at N200 million per school.
“This money could pay hospital bills for 500,000 people at N20,000 per person.”
“So this is just one out of many commissioners of APC Kano.
“Don’t forget their dollar-stashing bandit and his beard-painting deputy. So, are you still calling for my arrest?” he added.
