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On Monday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) changed the corruption charges against former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai at the Kaduna State High Court.
The change caused Amadu Suleiman, the Managing Director of TMDK Terminal Limited and the second defendant, to be taken out of the case.
On Monday, the ICPC said in a statement that its lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, told the court that the first joint charge had been changed because Suleiman was still not there, and it was said that he was unavailable for medical reasons.
After that, the court granted the request, letting the prosecution go ahead with the case against El-Rufai on its own.
After the change, the ex-governor was charged with nine crimes under a number of laws, such as the Kaduna State Penal Code, the Kaduna State Public Procurement Law, the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, and the Advance Fee Fraud Act.
El-Rufai said he was not guilty of any of the charges.
After the plea, the prosecution asked the court to set a trial date and make sure the defendant was there for the whole thing.
The defense lawyer, on the other hand, asked for bail on easy terms because there was a pending application before the court.
The court put off making a decision on the bail request until Tuesday, April 14, after hearing from both sides. El-Rufai will stay in ICPC custody until then.
The New Charges Against El-Rufai
The Advance Fee Fraud Act and the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, were used to bring the charges against Mr. El-Rufai.
The ICPC said in the first count that Mr. El-Rufai, who was governor at the time, tricked the Kaduna State Government into paying ₦11 billion to Indokaduna MRTS JV Nigeria Limited, which the commission called an unregistered entity, for a light rail project that never happened.
The commission said that the act in question goes against the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The second count says he used his job to give himself an unfair advantage.
The ICPC said in the third count that Mr. El-Rufai got ₦289.8 million as severance pay in January 2023, which is much more than the legal amount of about ₦20 million. It said he knew, or should have known, that the extra payment was part of the money made from illegal activity, which is against the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The fourth count says that he took control of $320,800 that Joel Adoga paid in installments to his Guaranty Trust Bank domiciliary account between September 2017 and March 2023. The commission said that this money came from corruption.
The ICPC said in the fifth count that Mr. El-Rufai got $155,800 from Peter Akagu Jones in May 2022 into the same account. Jones is said to be on the run, and the money was from illegal activity.
The sixth count says that he got $305,300 from Ajayi Ayodele in May 2022 under similar circumstances.
The ICPC said in the seventh and eighth counts that he got $5,000 from different people in April and June 2016, which they said were the results of illegal activity.
After the charge was changed, the commission also said that the former governor had received other amounts in foreign currency and hid where they came from.
The ICPC charged El-Rufai with ten counts of fraud, taking public property, and money laundering, among other things. He said he wasn’t guilty.
The new charge comes after a number of court appearances in both state and federal courts.
