How ex-PDP aspirant stole N2b from us – Niger State Government

The Niger State Government has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to declare former Peoples Democratic Party deputy governorship aspirant, Kantigi Liman, wanted after over N6 billion belonging to the state government linked to him.
Making the call in a statement made available to journalists in Minna on Sunday, the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Tsado Vatsa, said the former Commissioner of Local Government cannot deny knowledge of the fresh N2 billion traced to a United Bank for Africa account by the agency.
It should be recalled that Liman in a statement over the weekend said he was not aware of the said account with N2 billion that they claimed belonged to him.
However, the EFCC had on Thursday last week announced that another N2 billion had been traced to the politician in a UBA account after the initial N4 billion traced to his two accounts in Guaranty Trust Bank few days ago.
While commending the EFCC, Vatsa said: “We know Kantigi has been elusive. We know he is on the run. We want him declared wanted by the anti graft agency. He should appear and tell Nigerians how and where he got the money. The N6billion recovered so far belongs to the Niger state government.
“Governor Abubakar Sani Bello had on Friday told the agency that the funds belong to the state. We hope that the recovered N6 billion would be transferred to the state’s accounts to enable this administration embark on developmental projects.
“We can tell you that the funds were siphoned from the local government joint account of Niger State and also through inflated Hajj subsidies offered by the state government to Pilgrims within the periods he served as the Chairman of the Niger State Pilgrims’ Agency.”