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From Desmond Mgboh. Kano.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to arraign the Chairman of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Sani Lawan Malumfashi, and two others over an allegation of laundering the sum of N1billion.
A statement signed by the Commission’s spokesperson and Director, Public Enlightenment and Education, Demola Bakare on Friday, said Malumfashi is expected to be arraigned on Monday at a Federal High Court, Abuja, alongside the Secretary of KANSIEC, Anas Muhammed Mustapha, and Ado Garba, who is a Deputy Director, Account Department of the state electoral body.
According to the ICPC, the trio had conspired sometime between November and December 2024 to commit fraud through a large-scale illegal cash transaction without regard for financial regulations and extant legislations prohibiting corruption and money laundering.
In the charge filed before the court, ICPC stated that its investigation revealed that KANSIEC, under Malumfashi in November 2024 alone, transferred a total sum of N1, 020,000,000.00 directly from its Unity Bank account to that of SLM Agro Global Farm, which has no contractual relationship with KANSIEC. The trio is expected to take their pleas on Monday, 2025.
ICPC further alleged that the defendants in the statements they volunteered, argued that the transfers made to SLM AgroGlobal were made with the intention to raise cash needed to pay the adhoc-staff that participated in the local government election in the state, and that the firm returned all such transfers to KANSIEC in cash. But the commission said its investigation revealed otherwise, as a letter from the defendant addressed to the Manager, Unity Bank, Zoo Road, Kano, detailed wherein they requested transfer payment of the sum of N59, 400, 000.00.
The trio is expected to take their pleas on Monday, 2025.
