Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai has dragged the Kaduna State House of Assembly to court over his indictment by the House Committee in its probe report.
Malam El-Rufai, who filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal High Court in Kaduna against the Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday, claimed that the House committee did not give him a fair hearing.
The suit challenging the House Committee report, which alleged that the former governor was involved in money laundering and other financial infractions during his tenure as Governor of Kaduna State, was filed by El-Rufai’s lawyer, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, SAN.
The state Assembly’s ad hoc committee had earlier in June submitted its investigative report on the El-Rufai administration’s financial dealings, loans, and contracts to the House
The chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, said the loans secured during El-Rufai’s tenure were largely misused, and that in some cases, proper procedures were not followed in obtaining the said loans.
The Assembly Speaker, Yusuf Liman accused El-Rufai’s administration of misappropriating N423 billion, to the dteriment of the people.
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