Nigeria, Feb. 8 -- Bala Muhammad, a political ally of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, is fighting a relentless battle to recover properties the state government claimed were illegally removed from the Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO) when Mr Mujammed was its managing director.

In October 2023, the state's Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) obtained an order from a chief magistrate, Umma Kurawa, to seize the properties, pending the conclusion of an investigation of alleged sleaze at the commission.

A document seen by PREMIUM TIMES listed the items as 14 full trucks with bodies, six truck bodies, four new truck heads, one Mahindra 6005 tractor, one Sino truck Homan and one Maikano van. Also listed are...