ICPC Arraign Three Former El-Rufai Appointees over ₦64m Fraud

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By Hassanat Adebowale

Today, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will arraign three former officials from the administration of ex-Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on charges of money laundering involving ₦64 million.

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The accused are Lawal Adebisi, former Senior Special Adviser/Counsellor to the governor; Umar Waziri, former Accountant General of Kaduna State; and Yusuf Inuwa, former Finance Commissioner. They will appear before the Federal High Court in Kaduna alongside Solar Life Nigeria Limited, a company allegedly used to divert the funds.

ICPC spokesman Demola Bakare stated that the three ex-officials are accused of diverting ₦64,800,562 in three separate transactions to the account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, where Lawal is believed to be the sole signatory.

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This arraignment follows recent charges against El-Rufai’s former Chief of Staff and Finance Commissioner, Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, who is accused of laundering ₦155 million. The ICPC alleges that Sa’idu illegally transferred the funds to a public officer in the state’s Ministry of Finance.

The Kaduna State House of Assembly had previously accused the El-Rufai administration of misappropriating ₦423 billion, a claim the former governor has denied.

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