Tag: Jimi Lawal

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

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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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ICPC vs. Jimi Lawal: Court admits evidence in ongoing money laundering trial

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Court denies Jimi Lawal bail

A Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna, has admitted into evidence the written statement of Samuel Aruwan, the third prosecution witness (PW3), in the on-going money laundering case filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) against the immediate-past governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufa’i, Jimi Lawal and three others. Lawal, a former Senior Special Adviser/Councilor to el-Rufai, is standing trial alongside the former Accountant-General of the State, Umar Waziri, and the former Commissioner for Finance, Yusuf Inuwa, over allegations of abuse of office and diversion…

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Court grants el-Rufai’s ex-aide, 3 others bail in ₦64.8m fraud case

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Court grants bail2

A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has granted bail to four individuals, (including Jimi Lawal, a senior advisor to former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i), who were arraigned on fraud and money laundering charges. The defendants, who were arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) were accused of diverting ₦64.8 million in three tranches to the bank account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, where Lawal was believed to be the sole signatory. The other defendants are Lawal Adebisi, a former Senior Special Adviser to el-Rufa’i;…

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Kaduna: Court denies el-Rufa’i’s ex-aide, Jimi Lawal bail in money-laundering case

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Court denies Jimi Lawal bail

A Kaduna State High Court has denied bail to Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, the former Chief of Staff to Nasir el-Rufa’i, the immediate-past governor of the State, in a money-laundering case filed against him. The court delivered its ruling yesterday, refusing the bail application principally on the grounds  that a formal charge had been filed at the Kaduna State High Court II against Sa’idu. According to the Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecution, Samson Irimiya, “The bail application ruling was delivered refusing the bail application principally on the grounds that since…

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ICPC places ex-Kaduna gov. el-Rufa’is ex-aide, Jimi Lawal, on ‘watch list’over phoney N11bn project

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ICPC on Jimi Lawal

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has summoned Jimi Lawal, a former Special Adviser to the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over an alleged fraudulent Light Rail Project worth ?11 billion. Lawal is under investigation for his role in what the ICPC suspects to be a non-existent project that was nonetheless fully paid for. According to sources within the ICPC, Lawal was expected to appear before a team of investigators but failed to show up, nor did he send a representative. The Commission,…

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?’How el-Rufa’i misused $758mloans, paid ?11.8bn into private accounts” – Report

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El Rufa'i

A fresh report from the Kaduna State House of Assembly, sent to the State Government, has revealed how former governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i,s borrowing and spending spree left the State with a colossal debt burden. The final report of the Assembly’s Ad-hoc Committee set up to investigate the tenure of the ex-Governor accused the former governor of several corrupt practices. In the 175-page report submitted to Governor Uba Sani on Thursday, the lawmakers accuse the ex-governor of syphoning billions of Naira through proxy companies and individuals. Under General findings on all…

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2023 Ogun PDP Guber Ticket: Supreme Court dismisses Failed Alpha Merchant Bank MD, Jimi Lawals appeal

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The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed four appeals that emanated from the Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship legal battle. The appeals, instituted by one of the governorship aspirants, and failed Alpha Merchant Bank Managing Director, Jimi Lawal, and some ward delegates were dismissed on the grounds that the Appellants have no cause of action. Leading a panel of five Justices, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun dismissed the appeals following their withdrawals by the respective lawyers. In one of the appeals, filed by Tayo Olabode against the PDP governorship candidate in Ogun…

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2023 Ogun Guber: Failed Alpha Bank MD, Jimi Lawal, out as Abuja Court affirms Adebutu as PDP candidate

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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit that an aggrieved aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jimi Adebisi Lawal, filed to nullify the nomination of Adebutus name to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, upheld the primary election that produced Oladipupo Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State. The plaintiff had in the suit, challenged the delegates list that was used in the conduct of the gubernatorial primary election…

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Alleged Forgery: PDP expels failed Alpha Bank MD, Jimi Lawal, Muyiwa, others

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The crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), took a new twist as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party yesterday expelled a governorship aspirant of the party, Jimi Lawal, for gross misconduct, forgery, anti-party activities and disobedience to partys Constitution. Jimi Lawals expulsion followed recommendations by the NWC and NEC set-up disciplinary committee, headed by Barrister Tola Odulaja. Others expelled alongside Jimi Lawal are: Muyiwa Odebiyi, Moruf Olajide and Ademola Ojoye. Jimi Lawal, a former aide to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai joined the…

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2023: El-Rufa’is Super Adviser joins PDP

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Declares for Ogun governorship race The Special Adviser to the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, on Investment Promotion, Jimi Lawal, has officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. Lawal, who visited the PDP secretariat in Abeokuta on Saturday, also declared his intention to contest the governorship seat in the next years election. Recall that the London-trained banker had vied for the same seat in 2019 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but lost the ticket to Governor Dapo Abiodun. Aside from Lawal, three other…

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