Kano Governor’s Aide has been accused of diverting ₦6.5bn and have returned over ₦1.1bn to ICPC.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have accused Abdullahi Rogo, Director General of Protocol to Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, of siphoning billions of naira in state funds through proxies.
According to court filings, the anti-graft agencies traced over ₦6.5 billion allegedly paid for fictitious contracts that were never awarded or executed. Rogo reportedly confessed to the EFCC and refunded ₦1,109,230,000 into the ICPC recovery account.
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Investigations revealed suspicious inflows and outflows across multiple accounts linked to Rogo. His company account with Alternative Bank under the name AH Bello Business Solutions Limited recorded ₦3.06 billion inflows and ₦2.59 billion outflows between August 2024 and February 2025. His personal Zenith Bank account also recorded ₦2.28 billion inflows and ₦2.26 billion withdrawals between January 2022 and January 2025.
While Rogo sought to stop further arrest through a fundamental rights suit, both ICPC and EFCC urged the court to dismiss it as frivolous. Justice M.N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court, Kano, has since ordered the permanent forfeiture of ₦142.2 million to the ICPC.
