The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered five vehicles from former commissioners who allegedly failed to return government property after resigning from the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Chairman of the commission, Saidu Yahaya, led the recovery exercise following a court order obtained after the former officials reportedly ignored repeated directives to hand back the vehicles assigned to them while in office.
The action comes amid political shifts in Kano, after Governor Yusuf’s reported defection from the New Nigeria People’s Party to the All Progressives Congress. Some of the affected commissioners were said to be loyal to former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and resigned shortly after the political realignment.
Yahaya disclosed that one vehicle was retrieved from each of the five former commissioners. However, preliminary findings indicate that only two of the recovered vehicles have been confirmed as official government property. The remaining three are under investigation to determine their status and whether they were acquired in place of the original official vehicles.
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He said the commission followed due process before moving in to recover the vehicles. According to him, both the state government and the anti-graft agency had earlier written to the former commissioners requesting the return of the vehicles. Legal steps were taken only after those requests were allegedly ignored.
Yahaya stated that the court granted approval for the recovery, reinforcing the commission’s mandate to safeguard public assets. He added that investigations would establish whether any official vehicles were disposed of and replaced with others, or whether the additional vehicles fall outside government ownership.
Those affected by the recovery exercise include former Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Duties AVM Ibrahim Umar, former Commissioner for Youth and Sports Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata, former Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Dr Adams Aliyu Kibiya, and former Commissioner for Special Projects Hon Nasiru Sani Garo.
The development signals a renewed push by Kano authorities to tighten accountability and ensure that public property is duly returned at the end of public service appointments.
