Operatives if the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Commission has arrested an headmistress, and four other people for the illegal sake of school furnitures.
According to reports, the suspects, identified as the headmistress , the education secretary, and three others were arrested on Sunday while committing the act in Gaidar Makada Special Primary School, Kumbotso Local Government Area.
Confirming the arrest, the Senior Special Reporter to the Kano State Governor on Anti-Corruption, Mallam Sani Umar Sani, while confirming the arrest to PUNCH noted that they were arrested following reports from residents who noticed some movement and noise in the school 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.
“Thereafter, the resident said there was heavy noise from the classrooms, which informed his decision to take a closer look, only to discover that they were not only dismantling the school furniture but also assembling the metals.
“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.
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Also speaking on the incident, the School Based Management Committee Chairman, Malam 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.
“The education secretary, when we contacted him, promised to look into the issue but we never heard anything from him.
“With the development we observed this morning, we asked them why they were dismantling the school benches and other furniture, they said the items would be sold to people who are ready to buy them on the instruction of the school authority.
“We promptly videoed the items and notified the state anti-corruption agency.’’
Reports from PUNCH showed that the total amount of the dismantled furnitures are valued at two million naira.
