The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to arraign a firm and three former aides of ex-Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, in connection with a fresh N64 million money laundering charge.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, ICPC’s Spokesperson, Mr. Demola Bakare, confirmed that the accused individuals would be arraigned in court on Friday.
The former aides include Mr. Lawal Adebisi, a former Senior Special Adviser to El-Rufai; Mr. Umar Waziri, a former Accountant General of Kaduna State; and Mr. Yusuf Inuwa, a former Finance Commissioner in the state.
Also named in the suit is Solar Life Nigeria Limited, the company believed to have received the diverted funds through its bank account.
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According to the ICPC, the three ex-appointees, led by Mr. Lawal, are accused of diverting a total sum of N64.8 million, which was transferred in three separate tranches: N10 million, N47.84 million, and N7.32 million. The funds were sent to the account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, where Mr. Lawal is believed to be the sole signatory.
The four accused individuals are expected to appear in court on Friday to take their pleas.
In a related case, the ICPC had last week arraigned Alhaji Muhammad Sa’idu, the former Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Finance in Kaduna State, on charges of money laundering. Sa’idu is accused of accepting a cash payment of N155 million from Ibrahim Muktar, a public officer in the Ministry of Finance, in a separate two-count charge filed before the Federal High Court in Kaduna.
