Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, has dismissed reports in the media that he is under house arrest as baseless.
The immediate past governor of Kano State, who ran for the presidential ticket of his ruling All Progressives Congress, also denied ever been invited my the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on allegation fraud as reported in the media.
kwankwanso, a serving senator, said that at no time was he placed under house arrest, while dismissing as ridiculous any insinuation that he was afraid to come out of his house for fear of being arrested.
In a statement his Principal Private Secretary, Muhammed Inuwa Ali, the former governor said, “The attention of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, representing Kano Central Senatorial District was drawn by some of his political supporters in Kano regarding a libelous and unfounded petition against his person at EFCC by his political opponents sometime in May, 2015.
“The supporters sought the Senator’s permission to institute legal action against the said petitioners to which he consented. “However, to the Senator’s surprise, the supporters and their lawyers instituted an action against the EFCC.
“Conversely, Senator Kwankwaso has instructed his supporters and their lawyers to discontinue the matter against the EFCC with immediate effect, while the unfounded libelous case against his person will continue.
“To set the records straight, Senator Kwankwaso was not invited by the EFCC, nor was he ever placed under house arrest or prevented from discharging his legislative or personal duties by any agency.
“As a Distinguished legislator, he is ever willing and ready to support and strengthen our anti-graft agencies in the fight against corruption in Nigeria”.
