ICPC Fugitive Not Buhari’s in-Law- Presidency Says
Daily Rendezvous The Presidency has squashed reports being widely circulated that Gimba Yau Kumo, a wanted person by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over an alleged $65 million fraud is a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, Garba Shehu, said the anti-corruption agency is going after an individual perceived to be an in-law of the President should serve as a testament that the Buhari led government is true to it's fight against graft and that agencies charged with the responsibility of fighting corruption are truly independent and allowed unfettered freedom by the President. The statement read thus: “A running story to the effect that the EFCC 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 normaly be an affirmation that o...