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  • BREAKING: EFCC release KASUPDA Boss in Kaduna

    BREAKING: EFCC release KASUPDA Boss in Kaduna

    By Gabriel Udeh, Kaduna

    Less than five hours after he was arrested from his office in Kaduna, the EFCC has released on bail, the kaduna State Urban Planning Development Agency, KASUPDA, boss Samaila Umar Dikko.

    It remains unclear why the EFCC arrested Mr. Dikko and release him few hours later but sources said that so many petitions were submitted against the KASUPDA boss.

    But as at the time of filling this report none of such allegations are said to be weighty enough to warrant his continued detention.

    But other unverified sources alleged that the EFCC has been under intense pressure from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, hence the early release of Dikko.

    Mr. Dikko it was also reported, has brought about so much innovation in the conduct of the Agency and that it is under his watch that KASUPDA became an important revenue generating agency with higher returns for the Kaduna State Government.

    So far, there is no official statement from either KASUPDA or the KDSG about Monday’s arrest of Mr. Dikko and his eventual release.

  • BREAKING: EFCC Officials Arrest KASUPDA DG in Kaduna

    BREAKING: EFCC Officials Arrest KASUPDA DG in Kaduna

    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday October 11, stormed the headquarters of Kaduna State Urban Planning Development Agency (KASUPDA) and whisked away the Director General, Malam Ismail Umaru Dikko.

    Reports gathered that Dikko, formerly a Special Assistant to Governor Nasir El-Rufai before he was elevated to head the agency in 2019, was in a meeting with his staff when officials of the EFCC took over the office premises a few minutes after 10am.

    It was reported that there was commotion before the DG entered a black hilux Toyota vehicle of the EFCC.

    Sources told the publication that two EFCC officials in suit and two police officers with rifles accompanied the KASUPDA boss into the vehicle.

    Though the staff at KASUPDA had earlier tried to stop the EFCC from leaving with the DG, Dikko was said to have asked the security to open the gate. The DG has been taken to the Kaduna zonal office of the EFCC, with sources saying that he had earlier been served several invitations but failed to honour them.