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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, after hours of interrogation, over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son, AbdulAzeez.
Reliable sources at the commission said the powerful Kano State governor’s wife was interrogated till the early hours of Monday.
‘’She was released yesterday and asked to report back when she is needed, ‘’said the source
She arrived back in Kano, on Tuesday morning after the grilling by the anti-graft body.
A source with the state government confirmed to Solacebase on Tuesday, that Hafsat Ganduje is presently at the government house in Kano and she has an engagement at Danbatta local government later today, Tuesday.
Mrs Ganduje had earlier been invited to report to the EFCC’s Abuja headquarters on September 13, PREMIUM TIMES reported previously. But she did not appear and the EFCC then threatened to arrest her. Sources close to her later said she travelled to the UK at the time to attend the graduation ceremony of her son.
Investigators questioned Mrs Ganduje over allegations relating to land fraud in a petition by her own son, Abdualzeez Ganduje.
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