By George OPARA
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has slammed a third set of criminal charges against Nasir El-Rufai and seven others over alleged fraud and money laundering connected to a N10.8 billion CCTV security project.
Others allegedly involved are former Kaduna State government official Jimi Lawal, senior executives of IHS Towers, and five other companies.
Filed documents at the Federal High Court in Kaduna on April 17 indicated that the ICPC has stacked 11 counts under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The anti-graft agency alleged that El-Rufai approved the award of an N8.68 billion CCTV contract in December 2015 to a company said to lack the requisite competence
It added that that several large sums were received and wired between 2017 and 2022 by individuals and companies associated to the project, including Singularity Network Security Limited.
An El-Rufai’s son, Bashir El-Rufai, was said to be involved but he is yet, to be listed a defendant.
Former Kaduna Commissioner of Information and Liberty Television chairman, Alhaji Tijjani Ramalan, made this disclosure in a Facebook post, in which he said the accused would face trial shortly.
Spear News recalls that this is the third set of charges stacked in court by the ICPC against El-Rufai since March.
But the embattled former Governor is presently facing a separate corruption-related cases involving a light rail contract and severance payments, all of which he has refuted.
Yet, the State Security Service and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are also probing or prosecuting him over separate allegations.
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