Kumo married Fatima, the President’s daughter, in 2016 at Daura, Katsina State.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 15, 2021
The Presidency says a former Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank, Gimba Yau Kumo, declared wanted for $65 million fraud is no longer a son-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kumo married Fatima, the President’s daughter, in 2016 at Daura, Katsina State.
On Thursday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in a notice, declared Kumo wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and dispersion of national housing funds to the tune of $65 million.
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The Presidency last night debunked a story making the rounds that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC declared a son-in-law to the President wanted over contract scam. It was alleged that the ICPC accused three persons of misappropriating $65million dollars and had declared the trio wanted. One of those allegedly declared wanted and a purported son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari is Gimba Yau Kumo. Yau Kumo was said to have married the President’s second daughter Fatima Buhari in 2016. But the Presidency said that though Gimba Yau Kumo at some point in time had been linked to the President’s family member in marriage, that relationship ended some years ago
On Thursday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in a notice,
declared Kumo wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over alleged misappropriation and dispersion of national housing funds to the tune of $65 million.
Speaking on Gambo’s connection to Buhari in a statement on Friday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said “the relationship ended years ago”.
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“A running story to the effect that the ICPC has declared ‘an in-law of the President’ wanted in connection with fraud involving the large sum of money, USD65 million to be exact, this should normally be an affirmation that our anti-corruption agencies/institutions are truly independent and allowed unfettered freedom by the President, which is in fact the case,” the statement reads.
• PDP Wants Suspects Tracked Down
The Presidency, yesterday, declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has no relationship with Gimba Yau Kumo, who has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in connection with a $65 million fraud at the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).
The anti-graft agency, in a list of wanted persons posted on its website, declared Kumo wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over the alleged fraud.
In reaction, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged $65 million (about N31 billion) fraud in the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), in which Kumo is allegedly involved.