Hafsat, wife of Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has been reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of bribery and fraud.
A report published by Premium Times disclosed that the EFCC had acted based on a petition by her son, Abdulazeez.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that Hafsat was arrested after failing to show up at the EFCC Abuja headquarters on September 13 upon invitation.
She was said to have travelled to the UK at the time to attend the graduation ceremony of her son.
Report further revealed that Hafsat was arrested on Monday evening and was still at EFCC headquarters as of 6am on Tuesday.
Abdulazeez was said to have reported his mother to the commission for corruptly using family power and status for personal enrichment.
According to the report, Abdulazeez in his petition had stated that he was approached by a property developer to help facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars and at least 35 million naira as “facilitation commission”.