{"id":321370,"date":"2024-05-03T07:10:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T06:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=321370"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T09:28:14","slug":"kano-three-senior-govt-officials-who-collected-bribes-to-secure-citizenship-for-illegal-migrants-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/03\/kano-three-senior-govt-officials-who-collected-bribes-to-secure-citizenship-for-illegal-migrants-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Kano: Three top govt officials who collected bribes to secure citizenship for illegal migrants arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The indicted government officials were arrested by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Agency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/04\/26\/breaking-many-dead-as-building-collapses-in-kano\/\">Kano State<\/a> government said three of its top civil servants have been apprehended for engaging in citizenship racket.<\/p>\n<p>The indicted government officials were arrested by the State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to the anti-graft agency, the three senior officials allegedly recommending Nigerian citizenship to illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to newsmen on Thursday in Kano, the chairman of the agency, Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed that the suspects collected bribes from the foreign nationals for the the illegal activity.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that the suspects planned to write letters of recommendation to the Federal ministry of internal affairs, using government letter-headed papers.<\/p>\n<p>He named the suspects as Kabiru Shehu of the ministry of information; Hassan Aminu from Office of the state Head of Service; and one AMusa Falgore, a retired staff of the information ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are senior officials of Kano state government conniving to write fake letters recommending illegal aliens to secure Nigerian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have arrested them. 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