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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC) has sued Bala Mohammed Inuwa for allegedly diverting over N4 billion grant into private accounts.

The anti-graft agency preferred a 10-count charge against Mohammed, who is a former managing director of the Kano Agricultural Supply Company Ltd (KASCO). He is being sued alongside four others, including his son.

The co-defendants are Inuwa Mohammed (Jr), Halima Inuwa, Najib Muhammad and Incorporated Trustees of the Association of Compassionate Friends.

The charges against the defendants border on criminal breach of trust, criminal misappropriation and making false statements of return contrary to the penal code and PCACC laws of Kano state.

According to the charge, the defendants, between August 2022 and April 2023, misappropriated and diverted N4,067,290,742 which was meant for KASCO for their personal use.

The first defendant was also accused of illegally transferring different amounts of money to the staff of KASCO who were involved in the N4 billion grant racket, among other charges.

The anti-corruption agency said it would call five witnesses and present other exhibits before a Kano state high court.

The commission had arrested Mohammed and his son on Thursday.

In a statement, Kabir Kabir, PCACC chairman, said Mohammed primarily used the Association of Compassionate Friends, a non-governmental organisation which he founded, for money laundering.