El-Rufa’i Ex-aides In Court Over Alleged N64m Funds Diversion

 

Former aides to ex-Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai have been dragged to court over a 64-million-naira money laundering case.

 

The former aides are set to be arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

 

The accused are Lawal Shakiru Olajimi Adebisi, a former Senior Special Adviser/Counsellor to El-Rufai; Umar Waziri, the former Accountant General of Kaduna State; and Yusuf Inuwa, the State’s former Commissioner of Finance.

 

Also named in the case is Solar Life Nigeria Limited, a company alleged to have received the diverted funds.

 

According to the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Kaduna Judicial Division, the ICPC accuses Lawal of conspiring with the other defendants to divert N64,800,562 in three transactions: N10,000,000, N47,840,000, and N7,320,562.

 

These funds were allegedly transferred to the bank account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, where Lawal is believed to be the sole signatory.

 

The four defendants are scheduled to appear in court on Friday, January 17, 2025, to take their plea.