Ganduje’s 11 Aides in Assets Declaration mess — Investigations + full names

Barely one month after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s Commissioner for Special Duties, Mukhtar Ishaq, for alleged N86 million fraud, 11 of his others aides have been accused of involvement in assets declaration mess.
A painstaking investigation by PRNigeria revealed that huge sums of money in local and foreign currency accounts as well as physical assets by Ganduje’s aides were not properly declared to the statutory body, apart from defaulting and non-compliance with the statutes of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
In a document sighted by PRNigeria, the Director-General on Media to Ganduje, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, is number one on the list of those yet to comply with the statutory order on declaration of assets in the Kano State Cabinet Office.
Other non-complying aides to Governor Ganduje include Uba Tanko Mijinyawa, Special Assistant on New Media in the cabinet office; Engr. Mansur Ahmed, Special Assistant on Critical Infrastructure; Tanko Indi Sarki, Special Assistant on Intelligence; Ado Abba Tiwada, the Director-General in charge of Youth; and Alhaji Kabiru Baita, the Special Assistant Sports.
The information further revealed that four of Ganduje’s aides allegedly refused to comply with the Assets Declaration processes: Habibu Saleh, Special Assistant on Revenue; Saleh Shehu K, Special Assistant on IGR; Zulyadawi Sidi Mustapha, Senior Special Assistant on SDGs; and Haruna D. Zago Special Assistant on Food Security.
Meanwhile, PRNigeria gathered that top officials of the State Government are mounting serious pressure on the Code of Conduct Bureau not to submit the list of the defaulters to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, a development that would ensure a safe landing for the alleged corrupt officials.
But sources within the CCB said the document has already been prepared for despatch to the CCT, stressing that any document in the hands of the CCT is as good as in the hands of the no-nonsense chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar.
The CCB is the first anti-corruption agency that was set up in Nigeria to battle corruption in the public service.
It was established alongside the CCT, which serves as a special court to prosecute public servants that are found guilty of public funds embezzlement among other crimes.