Crypto Trading: Kano anti-graft agency arrests ex-director, accountant, one other over alleged misappropriation of 186 students fees
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and detained three staff of the state ministry of health over alleged misappropriation of registration fees of 186 school of nursing students amounting to over N5m.
SolaceBase gathered that those arrested are the former Director, College of Nursing Science, Danbatta, Hajia Hasiya Sani, the Accountant of Madobi School of Nursing, Ahmed Zubairu and Focal Person at Madobi, Fadilu Aliyu.
Confirming the arrest of the three suspects to SolaceBase on Friday, the commission Head of Operations, Salisu Sale said the students’ outcry spurred the commission to launch an investigation into the development.
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Sale said for about three years 120 students of the College of Nursing Science, Danbatta were yet to be indexed and certified by the Nursing Council due to the non-payment of their fees by the focal person, Zubairu Idris.
‘’The Danbatta Focal person, Zubairu Idris allegedly misappropriated the fees of 120 students which put the students in a precarious situation for about three years during the tenure of Hajia Hasiya Sani as the school director, ‘’Sale said.
‘’After we arrested him and with discreet interrogation and investigation , he accepted liability and signed an agreement to pay back the money before we prosecute him.’’
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‘’Presently he has paid the fees of about 44 students out of the 120.’’
SolaceBase gathered that the Madobi Focal Person Fadilu Aliyu confessed to investigators that the money was allegedly invested in cryptocurrency and he lost the funds in the venture.
The commission noted that investigation is ongoing to establish the depth of the criminal acts.
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