ICPC to Arraign El-Rufai’s Finance Commissioner, Accountant General in 64million Naira Fraud Case

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission-ICPC has announced plans to arraign three former appointees of the Former-Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, in a new 64 million naira money laundering case.

The former appointees include the former-senior Special Adviser/Counsellor to the governor, Lawal Adebisi, the former Accountant General of Kaduna State, Umar Waziri, and the former Finance Commissioner, Yusuf Inuwa.

A statement by the commission’s spokesman, Demola Bakare, revealed that Solar Life Nigeria Limited, the company whose bank account allegedly received the diverted funds, has also been joined in the suit.

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Kaduna Judicial division, ICPC is accusing Lawal of conniving with the two other accused persons to divert the total sum 64,million naira in three tranches of 10million naira 47.8 million naira and 7.5 million naira to the bank account of Solar Life Nigeria limited where Lawal is believed to the sole signatory.

Recall that last week, the ICPC, in a separate charge, arraigned the former chief of staff and commissioner of finance in Kaduna State, Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, for a money laundering suit.

ICPC, in a two-count charge also filed before the Federal High Court in Kaduna, accused Saidu of accepting a cash payment of 155million naira from Ibrahim Muktar, a public officer in the Ministry of Finance.

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