The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested the education secretary, school headmaster, and three others over the alleged dismantling and illegal sale of school furniture and metals at a primary school in the Kumbotso Local Government Area
The suspects, who were arrested on Saturday, were caught in the act on the school premises.
The Senior Special Reporter to the Kano State Governor on Anti-Corruption, Mallam Sani Umar Sani, who confirmed the arrest to Punch correspondent on Sunday, said some residents, who were conducting physical exercise early on Saturday, observed some movements and noise at the Gaidar Makada Special Primary School, Kumbotso Local Government Area.
On a closer examination, he said they discovered that the school furniture had been dismantled and the metals assembled and carted away.
“One of the residents, who is a neighbour of the school, said that early on Saturday, he saw a man with some young boys heading towards the classrooms of the school but were accosted by the security guard and after a little explanation was allowed into the classrooms”, Sani disclosed to newsmen.
“He subsequently informed the School Based Management Committee Chairman, Mallam AbdulGafar Sanusi Garba, who said he was not aware of the action, while the Parent Teachers Association Chairman, Mallam Alkassim Muhammad, was also well notified.
Also, it was gathered that the anti-graft agency had launched an investigation into the unfolding development, as those arrested were already in its custody.
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