APC accuses NNPP of plans to withdraw huge funds for LG election, urges EFCC, ICPC’s intervention.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to closely monitor the state ministry for local government over the alleged move to finance the forthcoming local government election using the councils’ funds.

The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, who made the call in a statement in Kano,on Thursday noted that the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) administration is allegedly perfecting plans to finance candidates it selected to participate in the election.

“We want to bring to the notice of the EFCC and ICPC that with the dissolution of the caretaker committees, the ministry for local government wants to use the Directors Personnel Management (DPMs) who are civil servants and accounting officers to allegedly use public funds to finance the election machine.

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“The EFCC and ICPC should carry out a forensic audit of the 44 local government councils in Kano state in a bid to determine whether the funds have been tampered with,” the statement added.

Abbas also urged the anti-graft agencies to invite the dissolved caretaker chairmen and the DPMs to show record of their recent expenditure so as to avert possible tempering and or alleged looted funds channeled for local government election funding.

SolaceBase reports that the chairman recalled that the demand for the investigation hinges on a similar scenario that played during the 2015 presidential election when the former governor, Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso allegedly diverted  N30.8 billion from the 44 local governments to finance his campaign