2023: EFCC Arrests APC House of Reps Candidate in Northern State

• A former commissioner for government affairs in Jigawa, Hon. Aminu Ahmed Kanta, is in EFCC's custody in Abuja
• Hon. Kanta was said to have been arrested on Monday, November 7, when operatives of the anti-graft agency stormed the state
• The former commissioner is also the APC's candidate Garki/Babura federal constituency in the northern state

Jigawa - Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 7, stormed Jigawa and arrested Hon. Aminu Ahmed Kanta, a former commissioner for local government affairs.

Leadership reports that Kanta also served as a special adviser on political affairs to Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar.

It was gathered that the former commissioner has been taken to the EFCC's office in Abuja to be grilled.

Kanta happens to be the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Garki/Babura federal constituency in Jigawa ahead of the 2023 elections.

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There are suspicions that Kanta's arrest is connected to his activities while in office and his relationship with some political bigwigs in the state.

Court orders forfeiture of PDP governorship candidate's property to FG

A Court of Appeal in Abuja had ordered that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger state, Liman Kantigi, permanently forfeit some of his properties to the federal government.

The development was confirmed in a statement by the EFCC in a statement on Thursday, November 3.

The anti-graft agency said the order was issued after an appeal was filed by Baba Chado-Kantigi, who claimed ownership of house No. 10, Kinshasa Street, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, which was linked to the PDP governorship candidate, Liman Kantigi.

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Kantigi was an ex-Niger state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs under the administration of former governor Babangida Aliyu.

Fayose docked for owing his former Attorney-General N900m legal fee

Ayodele Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, was docked at a high court in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Tuesday, November 1.

The ex-governor was arraigned before the court for failing to pay the N900 million he owed his former attorney general and commissioner for justice, Owoseni Ajayi, as a legal fee.

Source: Legit.ng