The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to arraign three former appointees of ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, on Friday over a new N64 million money laundering case.
The individuals include Lawal Adebisi, the former Senior Special Adviser to the governor; Umar Waziri, the former Accountant General of Kaduna State; and Yusuf Inuwa, the former Finance Commissioner. According to ICPC spokesman Demola Bakare, the three are scheduled to appear before the Federal High Court in Kaduna.
Bakare stated that the accused would also face charges alongside a company, Solar Life Nigeria Limited, whose bank account allegedly received the diverted funds. He explained, “The ICPC accuses Mr. Lawal, in collaboration with the other accused persons, of diverting N64,800,562 in three tranches—N10,000,000.00, N47,840,000.00, and N7,320,562.00—into Solar Life Nigeria Limited’s account, where Mr. Lawal is believed to be the sole signatory. The four defendants are expected in court on Friday, January 17, 2025, to enter their plea.”
Last week, the ICPC also charged El-Rufai’s former Chief of Staff and Finance Commissioner, Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, with two counts of money laundering involving N155 million. The agency alleged that Sa’idu unlawfully transferred the funds to Ibrahim Muktar, a public official in the Ministry of Finance. The Kaduna State House of Assembly had previously accused the El-Rufai administration of embezzling N423 billion, a claim the former governor strongly denied.
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