El-Rufai Sues Kaduna Assembly Over ₦432 Billion Probe Report

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has sued the State House of Assembly over a recent allegation that his eight-year administration allegedly siphoned ₦432 billion, leaving the state with huge debt liabilities.

Naija News learnt that El-Rufai filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal High Court in Kaduna against the state House of Assembly on Wednesday.

According to Channels TV, El-Rufai, in the suit filed by his lawyer Abdulhakeem Mustapha, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, challenged the report of the Kaduna Assembly Committee, which indicted him for alleged corruption.

The ex-governor of Kaduna State was physically present in court with his lawyer to file a fundamental rights suit against the Kaduna State House of Assembly in Kaduna on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

In the suit, El-Rufai asked the court to declare the report of the Assembly probe as null and void, having not been given the opportunity of a fair hearing over the allegations levelled against him and his administration by the committee.

Joined in the suit as respondents are the Kaduna State House of Assembly and state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice.