El-Rufai Faces Multiple Corruption Trials Amid Custody
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, was invited to the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on his 66th birthday in February. He has since been in custody, facing four separate criminal trials related to three corruption cases from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and a wiretapping case from the Department of State Services (DSS).
His legal troubles began with an attempted arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on 12 February, followed by the filing of cybercrime charges by the DSS on 16 February. After being granted administrative bail by the EFCC on 18 February, he was immediately taken into custody by armed operatives of the ICPC.
El-Rufai was later admitted to bail by Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on 14 April, with conditions including a bail sum of N200 million and two sureties.
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