Alleged Adultery: Jigawa Govt Gives 14 Days To Investigative Panel To Tender Reports On Commissioner

By Ighomuaye Lucky. O

 

 

The Jigawa State government has given 14 days ultimatum to the investigative panel set up to investigate the allegation levelled against the State Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, by the Kano State Hisbah Board to come out with their results.

Recall that the said Commissioner was alleged to have had an illicit affairs with a married woman

The board’s Director General, Dr. Abba Sufi, confirmed the arrest of Sankara with the married woman on Friday evening.

He said the arrest was made possible through intelligent tracking after receiving a series of complaints of his nefarious acts with the married woman by her husband’s younger brother.

“Yes, it is true, we have arrested Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Jigawa Commissioner, with a married woman in an uncompleted building that belongs to him”, he said.

However, the statement for the setting up the committee and its time frame was signed by the Secretary to the Government of Jigawa State, Bala Ibrahim and made available to Journalists in the state.

The statement admitted the allegations had led to a significant embarrassment and degradation to the reputation of the state government.

The committee is to be chaired by the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Bala Ibrahim.

Other members of the committee are: the Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture , the Commissioner for Basic Education, Hon Lawal Yunusa Danzomo – Member , the Special Adviser Security Matters; -and the Principal Private Secretary to the Governor, who will serve as the Secretary to the committee.