EFCC grills ex-Gov Kwankwaso over N10bn pension fund, others

Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday reported to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for questioning over alleged mismanagement of pension fund worth N10bn.

Apart from the pension fund issue, the ex-governor was said to have been grilled by a team of operatives at the commission’s headquarters Abuja in connection with allegations of abuse of office, and fraudulent allocation of government properties to cronies.

Kwankwaso, who is also a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, was first invited by the EFCC in September but reportedly failed to honour the invitation.

An associate of the politician was quoted by Vanguard that he was invited in relation to a petition by some retired employees of the Kano State Government who had earlier petitioned the EFCC, complaining that the former governor mismanaged pension remittances to the tune of N10 billion between 2011 and 2015, to fund a housing project for his cronies.

But the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, declined comment on the interrogation of the former governor when contacted by the newspaper on Saturday.