The Director General of Protocol, Government House Kano, Abdullahi Rogo, has allegedly returned the sum of N1,109,230,000 to the recovery account of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC).
The ICPC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, have accused Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf’s aide of syphoning state funds through proxies.
In a Court documents the EFCC traced N6.5 billion paid for fictitious contracts that were neither awarded nor executed.
Rogo, was said to have offered confessional statement at the Anti-graft Agency, but was later headed to the Kano State High Court, Bichi Division in a bid to prevent his further arrest and prosecution.
In their counter-affidavits deposited before the commissioner of oaths, both ICPC and EFCC said there was a strong evidence that the suspects committed the offence.
During the the court session, a litigation officer at the ICPC, David Nelson Efut, prayed the court to dismiss the fundamental rights suit filed by Mr Rogo, “That I also know as a matter of fact this action was brought mala fide with the aim of restraining the 1st Respondent by this Court from discharging its statutory mandates as captured under section 6(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and from uncovering the truth of the matter.
“That it is in the interest of justice that the instant application be dismissed for lacking in merit and same being frivolous, vexatious, speculative and an abuse of court process.”
However, Justice M.N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court, Kano, has ordered the permanent forfeiture of the N142.2 million balance to the ICPC.
Checks further revealed that Mr Rogo operates an account [0505572562] with Alternative Bank under the name AH Bello Business Solutions Limited, which recorded inflows of N3.06 billion and outflows of N2.59 billion between August 2024 and February 2025.
“it was discovered that Mr Rogo’s personal Zenith Bank account 1003666925 recorded N2.28 billion inflows and N2.26 billion outflows between January 2022 and January 2025, leaving a balance of N39.3 million.” the sources confirmed.
Ahmad Sorondinki
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