Breaking: ICPC Arrests El-Rufai’s Personal Doctor, Details Emerge

Breaking: ICPC Arrests El-Rufai’s Personal Doctor, Details Emerge

  • Professor Bello Abubakar arrested for misleading ICPC about El-Rufai's medical attendance
  • El-Rufai was caught attending a meeting during a supposedly sanctioned medical visit
  • ICPC accuses El-Rufai of breaching court-approved conditions in custody

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues

FCT, Abuja - The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) operatives have arrested Professor Bello Abubakar, the personal physician of former Governor El-Rufai.

Abubakar was arrested for allegedly misleading the ICPC to believe that El-Rufai was being attended to at the National Hospital in Abuja.

As reported by Nigerian. Affairs, it was, however, discovered that El-Rufai was holding a meeting with Kaduna ADC governorship candidate Isa Ashiru Kudan.

The commission said the arranged medical visit was used for activities outside the scope contemplated by the court and the ICPC.

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According to The Punch, ICPC accused El-Rufai of violating the conditions of a court-approved medical visit while in the commission’s custody.

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 8 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication from Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria, where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.