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Three senior govt officials arrested over alleged illegal citizenship for foreigners

Three senior govt officials arrested over alleged illegal citizenship for foreigners

The Kano State government said three of its top civil servants have been apprehended for engaging in citizenship racket.

The indicted government officials were arrested by the State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Agency.

According to the anti-graft agency, the three senior officials allegedly recommending Nigerian citizenship to illegal migrants.

Speaking to newsmen on Thursday in Kano, the chairman of the agency, Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed that the suspects collected bribes from the foreign nationals for the the illegal activity.

He alleged that the suspects planned to write letters of recommendation to the Federal ministry of internal affairs, using government letter-headed papers.

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He named the suspects as Kabiru Shehu of the ministry of information; Hassan Aminu from Office of the state Head of Service; and one AMusa Falgore, a retired staff of the information ministry.

“These are senior officials of Kano state government conniving to write fake letters recommending illegal aliens to secure Nigerian citizenship.

“We have arrested them. They are giving us useful information. We will keep interrogating them and at the end, if found wanting, they will be prosecuted.

“We will not tolerate this kind of unpatriotic action from senior government officials.

“This government abhors corruption, and we will do everything possible to ensure that anybody found neck-deep in corruption is exposed,” Mr Muhuyi said.

Three senior govt officials arrested over alleged illegal citizenship for foreigners

(NAN)

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