Court Rejects El’Rufai's Suit Against ICPC and DSS
On October 8, 2026, the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies. The presiding judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, ruled that the suit was an abuse of court process, as el-Rufai had previously filed similar suits in other courts.
The judge stated that a court cannot prevent law enforcement agencies from performing their statutory duties. El-Rufai's suit, filed on February 24, sought to restrain the respondents from freezing his bank accounts or seizing his assets while claiming that his severance pay from his tenure (2015-2023) was not linked to unlawful activity.
He also sought damages of N1 billion and N100 million for legal costs. The court found the suit speculative and lacking in merit, striking out the names of the EFCC, DSS, and AGF as respondents.
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