Kaduna, June 26, 2024 – Nasir El-Rufai, a former Kaduna State Governor, on Wednesday sued the Kaduna Assembly over unfounded allegations made against him during a probe of his administration.
The Assembly had indicted El-Rufai for siphoning N432 billion with significant debt obligations during his eight-year tenure.
El-Rufai filed the suit bordering on fundamental rights infringement at Federal High Court in Kaduna.
A statement by the former governor’s media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, said the lawsuit was filed by El-Rufai’s lawyer, Abdulhakeem Mustapha.
“His lawyer, AU Mustapha SAN, said that El-Rufai approached the court as a Nigerian citizen who is entitled to be given a fair hearing before his rights can be determined by a quasi-judicial or investigative body or courts in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.
“El-Rufai also asked the court to declare that by the provisions of Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, the Report of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Investigation of Loans, Financial Transactions, Contractual Liabilities and Other Related Matters of the Government of Kaduna State from 29 May 2015 to 29 May 2023, as ratified by the Kaduna State House of Assembly, is unconstitutional and therefore null and void for violating his right to fair hearing as guaranteed under the Constitution.” (GBN)
