The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reportedly uncovered over N6.5 billion allegedly linked to Abdullahi Ibrahim-Rogo, the Director General of Protocol at Government House, Kano.
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According to documents sighted by Daily Nigerian, the senior aide to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is being accused of diverting public funds through proxy companies between November 2023 and February 2025.
Investigators allege that firms such as H&M Nigeria Limited, A.Y. Maikifi Petroleum, and Ammas Oil and Gas Limited were used as conduits to siphon money from the Directorate of Protocol under the guise of contracts that were never awarded or executed. Records indicate that A.Y. Maikifi Petroleum and Ammas Oil and Gas Limited alone received about N1.17 billion directly from Kano State’s Federation Allocation Accounts.
The ICPC has so far recovered N1,109,230,000 from some of the companies implicated in the alleged fraud. Court filings also reveal that bank accounts belonging to Rogo with Alternative Bank and Zenith Bank recorded heavy transactions, with the balances now either frozen or ordered forfeited by the court.
Both agencies confirmed that Rogo and some of his associates made confessional statements during interrogation. However, the embattled official later approached a Kano State High Court, seeking an order to restrain the anti-graft bodies from arresting or prosecuting him.
