First Lady of Kano State, Hafsat Ganduje, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
It was learnt that she was arrested on Monday based on a petition Abdulazeez, one of her sons, wrote against her.
An official of the EFCC reportedly said on Tuesday’s morning that Ganduje’s wife was picked up following her rejection to honour the invitation extended to her on the matter.
She was quizzed immediately after her arrest Monday evening by the crack detective team of the anti-graft agency, adding that she would continue to respond to queries in relation to the subject matter on Tuesday at the commission’s headquarters, the official stated.
Abdulazeez, the governor’s first son, in his petition, had said he was approached by a property developer to facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars as commission.
He said three months later, the property developer discovered that the plots of land he paid for had been allocated to other buyers and he requested for refund.
Abdulazeez said the mother refused to honour the request, straining the relationship between the son and the developer.
He was said to have fled abroad after filing the petition which was widely reported in the media.
The anti-graft agency had summoned Kano first lady but she was said to have refused to honour the invitation.
