The presidency has denied filial nexus between President Muhammadu Buhari and Gimba Yau Kumo, a man declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) alongside two others for embezzlement of National Housing Fund on Thursday.
Garba Shehu, Mr Buhari’s spokesman, issued the disclaimer via a statement in Abuja on Friday.
ICPC had declared Gimba Ya’u Kumo wanted for alleged 65 million dollars fraud.
Mr Kumo, a former Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank, got married to Mr Buhari’s second daughter Fatima in October 2016 in Daura, Katsina State.
However, the presidential aide disclosed that the (marriage) relationship had since ended some years ago.
The statement read in part:”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, 65 million dollars to be exact.
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”This should normally be an affirmation that our anti-corruption agencies/institutions are truly independent and allowed unfettered freedom by the President. Which in fact is the case.
”That a state institution can issue such is a measure of the administration’s commitment to accountability, equality and justice.
“To set the records straight, the person declared wanted by the ICPC is not an in-law to President Buhari.
