Three senior officials of the Kano State government have been apprehended by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Agency for allegedly aiding illegal immigrants in obtaining Nigerian citizenship.

The agency’s Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji, made this announcement to reporters in Kano on Thursday.

He alleged that the suspects collected bribe from the foreigners to write letters of recommendation to the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs with letter-headed papers.

He named the suspects as Kabiru Shehu of the Ministry of Information, Hassan Aminu from Office of the state Head of Service; and one Alhaji Musa Falgore, a retired staff of the information ministry.

Magaji said: “These are senior officials of Kano State government conniving to write fake letters recommending illegal aliens to secure Nigerian citizenship.

“We have arrested them. They are giving us useful information. We will keep interrogating them; and at the end, if found wanting, they will be prosecuted.

“We will not tolerate this kind of unpatriotic action from senior government officials.

“This government abhors corruption, and we will do everything possible to ensure that anybody found neck-deep in corruption is exposed.” CONTINUE READING