Alleged N32bn fraud: El Rufai denies trying to stop EFCC investigation
- Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has denied trying to stop EFCC from investigating him
- El-Rufai's lawyer, AU Mustapha, said the Kaduna governor dragged the EFCC to court over the allegations that N32 billion was missing under him when he served as FCT's minister
- Mustapha said the latest judgement only affirmed the court's earlier ruling that no money was missing from the N32bn proceeds of the sales of government houses which was conducted by El-Rufai
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, has denied trying to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from probing him as widely reported in the media.
The governor's lawyer, AU Mustapha (SAN), in a statement on Saturday, November 30, clarified the judgement delivered by Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja delivered on Friday, November 29.
Mustapha said Governor El-Rufai had in 2009 dragged the EFCC to court over the anti-graft agency's allegation that N32 billion was missing under El-Rufai's watch as the minister of the FCT during the administration of former president Olusegun.
According to the senior lawyer, the latest ruling by the court reaffirmed its earlier declaratory ruling that no money was missing from the N32bn proceeds of the sales of government houses which was conducted by El-Rufai
Mustapha added that the court also held that the proceeds of the sales of the government houses were properly accounted for and audited.
Mustapha reiterated that contrary to the reports, Governor El-Rufai did not institute a recent suit seeking to bar the EFCC from investigating or prosecuting him.
The senior lawyer emphasised that what Governor El-Rufai wast to get justice from the court and protected his reputation against those peddling injurious and malicious falsehood.
He said that all the reliefs the Kaduna state governor sought at the time against the EFCC were granted by the court.
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An earlier report by The Nation had stated that Governor El-Rufai was told by the Federal High Court he cannot stop the EFCC from investigating him.
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