Shizzer Bada, commissioner of finance in Kaduna state, was arrested and grilled by the operatives of the Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC), TheCable understands.
Sources informed TheCable that Bada, who has since been launched, was quizzed by the anti-graft company over per week in the past.
Insiders mentioned Bada’s arrest is linked to the continued probe of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state.
Bada served as accountant-general and later as commissioner of finance within the administration of el-Rufai.
In June, the Kaduna meeting really helpful a probe of the administration over allegations bordering on funds diversion and cash laundering.
The meeting made the advice following a report by an advert hoc committee set as much as examine the state’s funds beneath the previous governor.
The meeting accused the el-Rufai administration of siphoning N423 billion.
The meeting additionally really helpful the probe of Jimi Lawal, a former senior adviser and counsellor on the Kaduna financial growth council to el-Rufai.
In June, el-Rufai sued the Kaduna meeting, describing allegations in opposition to him as “politically motivated”.
Lawal was grilled by the ICPC in August.
El-Rufai was governor of Kaduna from 2015 to 2023.
