Court Dismisses El-Rufai's Suit Against ICPC Over Assets
On October 6, 2026, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik dismissed a suit filed by Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and other agencies. El-Rufai sought to prevent these agencies from freezing his bank accounts or seizing his assets.
The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/368/2026, was filed on February 24, 2026, by his counsel, Oluwole Iyamu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The court found that el-Rufai had previously filed similar suits, which created a risk of conflicting judgments.
Abdulmalik ruled that the suit was speculative and lacked merit, emphasizing that courts cannot obstruct law enforcement agencies from performing their statutory duties. The ICPC argued that el-Rufai fragmented an ongoing investigation into three separate suits filed within 12 days.
El-Rufai sought N1 billion in damages and claimed his severance pay was not from unlawful activities.
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