The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced plans to arraign three former appointees of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, in a money laundering case to the tune of N64m.
ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, revealed on Thursday that the former appointees include the ex-senior Special Adviser/Counsellor to the Governor, Lawal Adebisi, the former Accountant General of Kaduna State, Umar Waziri, and the former Finance Commissioner, Yusuf Inuwa.
Bakare said that Solar Life Nigeria Limited, the company whose bank account allegedly received the diverted funds, has also joined in the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Kaduna.
The statement reads in part, “In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Kaduna Judicial Division, ICPC is accusing Mr Lawal of conniving with the two other accused persons to divert the total sum of N64,800,562 in three tranches of N10,000,000.00, N47,840,000.00 and N7,320,562.00 to the bank account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, where Mr Lawal is believed to be the sole signatory.
“The four accused persons are expected to appear in court on Friday, 17th of January, 2025, to take their plea.”
Last week, the commission, in a separate charge, arraigned the former chief of staff and commissioner of finance in Kaduna State, Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Sa’idu, in a money laundering suit.
In a two-count charge also filed before the Federal High Court in Kaduna, the ICPC accused Saidu of accepting a cash payment of N155m from Ibrahim Muktar, a public officer in the Ministry of Finance.