Alleged N64m Money Laundering: ICPC arraigns El-Rufai’s ex-aides Today

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will arraign three former appointees of Nasiru El-Rufai, the ex-Governor of Kaduna State, today (Friday) over an alleged N64 million money laundering case.

The accused include Lawal Adebisi, a former Senior Special Adviser/Counsellor to the governor; Umar Waziri, the ex-Accountant General of Kaduna State; and Yusuf Inuwa, the former Commissioner for Finance.

They will be arraigned before the Federal High Court in Kaduna alongside Solar Life Nigeria Limited, a company allegedly used to divert the funds.

In a statement issued on Thursday, ICPC spokesperson Demola Bakare alleged, “Mr. Lawal, in connivance with the other accused persons, diverted the sum of N64,800,562 in three tranches: N10,000,000, N47,840,000, and N7,320,562 into the account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, where Mr. Lawal is believed to be the sole signatory.”

The ICPC had previously charged another former El-Rufai appointee, Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, who served as Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Finance, with laundering N155 million.

The agency accused Sa’idu of illegally paying the amount to Ibrahim Muktar, a public officer in the Ministry of Finance.

The Kaduna State House of Assembly had earlier indicted El-Rufai’s administration for allegedly mismanaging N423 billion, an accusation the former governor strongly denied.