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Chaos Looms In Katsina As Gov. Masari Freezes 34 LG Bank Accounts

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Political chaos loom in Katsina State as Governor Aminu Masari draws the ire of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) over his order to freeze the bank accounts of all the 34 local governments in his state.

Masari, while issuing the instruction during a closed door meeting with the bankers’ forum, disclosed that the decision was as a result of some allegations of fraudulent expenses by the local government administrations, especially from the month of March 2015 till date, which he stated they must account for.

The PDP says that  Masari’s order unconstitutional and described it as the undermining of political process.

Salisu Sukuntuni, the PDP Publicity Secretary for Katsina State, in a statement said, “The PDP strongly believes in the democratic culture and will not support any action that will jeopardise our cherished democracy.

“The state government must immediately take action to save the state councils.”

ALGON on Friday, June 5, 2015 also issued a 24-hour ultimatum to commercial banks operating in the state to unfreeze their accounts or be sued.

Ibrahim Dankaba the chairman of the association, disclosed that the action of the banks are illegal, unconstitutional and a flagrant abuse of bank-customer relationship.

Dankaba in his statement wrote “In the light of the above, we demand for an explanation failure of which within 24 hours I shall not hesitate to take legal action against you if you fail to reverse your action within then.”

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