Thursday, June 25, 2026 - The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arraigned former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Federal High Court in Kaduna over an alleged N8.68 billion fraud linked to a CCTV surveillance contract.
Arraigned alongside the ex-governor were his former Senior
Special Adviser and Counsellor, Jimi Adebisi Lawal, and five companies over
allegations bordering on corruption, money laundering, and financial
misconduct.
The case, filed under charge number FHC/KD/93C/2026, was
brought before Justice Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna.
Other defendants listed in the amended 11-count charge
include Singularity Network Security Limited, Solar Life Nigeria Limited,
Knowledge Investment Nigeria Limited, Intercellular Nigeria Limited, and Noble
Coast Resources Limited.
The anti-graft agency equally mentioned Bashir El-Rufai,
identified as an elder brother of the former governor, in one of the counts. He
is currently said to be at large.
The ICPC stated that the charges stem from the award of a
contract for the procurement, survey planning, final design, and installation
of a Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, surveillance system across the Kaduna
metropolis.
The anti-graft agency alleged that El-Rufai, while serving
as governor, approved the contract worth over eight billion naira,
N8,682,574,054.94, in favour of Singularity Network Security Limited, despite
the company allegedly lacking the required technical capacity and experience to
execute such a project.
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