ICPC raids El-Rufai’s Abuja residence
Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have raided the Abuja residence of Malam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State.
This follows his arrest by the ICPC after being granted bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday.
While the ICPC did not disclose specific details of the investigation, on Thursday night, Muyiwa Adekeye, spokesman of El-Rufai, posted on social media that the Aso Drive residence of the former governor was raided.
”UPDATE: The Aso Drive residence of Malam Nasir @elrufai was today searched by the ICPC.
”Ubong Akpan, Malam El- Rufai’s lawyer, condemned the action “as unlawful, and a clear violation of legal procedures and fundamental rights.”
Also, one Imran U. Wakili (PULLO), a social media user, posted on X: ”The residence of Malam Nasir El-Rufai was today searched by the ICPC. Details regarding the warrant status and the outcome of the search remain unclear as of the time of filing this report. Authorities have yet to issue an official statement on the operation. They should continue, but they should just pray that they are doing everything legally, this is the height of desperation. Again, They will not find anything incriminating, Mallam is as pure as Linkafani.”
The Kaduna House of Assembly had recommended the probe of El-Rufai’s administration over alleged fraud to the tune of N432 billion, an allegation which he denied.
