Tag: ex-Kaduna Gov. el-Rufa’i

₦10bn CCTV project: ICPC files fresh money laundering charges against el-Rufa’i, Jimi Lawal, others 

Aminu Imam
ICPC on el Rufa'i

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed fresh criminal charges against former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, and seven others over alleged fraud and money laundering linked to a ₦10.8 billion CCTV Security project in Kaduna State. According to court documents filed at the Federal High Court in Kaduna on 17 April, the ICPC brought 11 counts under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. The Commission alleged that el-Rufa’i approved the award of an ₦8.68 billion CCTV contract in December 2015 to a…

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El-Rufa’i: Atiku predicts revolution in Nigeria 

Aminu Imam
Atiku predicts revolution

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has predicted that there could be a revolution in the country, as Nigerians are being pushed to the wall following alleged violation of human rights. Atiku spoke on Thursday night when he paid a solidarity visit to the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, who clashed with security operatives at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, from Cairo, Egypt on Thursday. Recall that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), had seized the former governor’s international passport and made attempts to arrest him…

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ICPC arraigns ex-Kaduna Gov. el-Rufa’i’s associate, Amadu Sule over ‘₦311bn money laundering’ charges

Aminu Imam
ICPC arraigns associate

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has arraigned Amadu Sule, managing director of TMDK Terminal Limited, over alleged ₦311 billion money laundering. Sule, an associate of Nasir el-Rufa’i, former governor of Kaduna state, was arraigned on Monday at the Federal High Court in Kaduna on a 5-count charge bordering on money-laundering and unlawful retention of proceeds of fraud, contrary to the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. According to the charge sheet filed by the ICPC, Sule allegedly exercised control over more than ₦311 billion…

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