Kaduna House Of Assembly has hired human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) to prosecute the former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai for corruption.
The Qoheleth gathered that Falana will lead a team of lawyers to begin unravelling the monumental corruption in Kaduna.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly had earlier reaffirmed its position on the allegations of financial misconduct levelled against former Governor El-Rufai. According to the Assembly’s findings, El-Rufai’s administration diverted a staggering sum of N423,115,028,072.88 during his tenure.
The Assembly also denounced the attempts made by some political appointees, who recently held a press conference in Abuja, to discredit the House and conceal the alleged fraud committed by the El-Rufai government.
In June, the State House of Assembly demanded the immediate refund of N36 billion allegedly paid for illegal contractual transactions by El-Rufai’s government. This was stated in the recommendations submitted by the House Committee set up to probe alleged fraud and abuse of office by El-Rufai’s government.
According to the committee, the government of El-Rufai paid the sum of N36 billion for contracts that were not done. The committee added that the administration violated the state procurement laws.
The committee also said that “unjustified cash withdrawals to the tune of N4,936,916,333.00 made between 2019 and 2022 by the Commissioner of Finance and the Accountant General of the State should be referred to the appropriate law enforcement agencies for in-depth investigation and necessary action”.
Furthermore, “That, the unjustified withdrawals of the sum of $1.4 Million USD from the Kaduna State Economic Transformation Account No. 0809009141 for the period of 30/10/2020 – 06/05/2020 be referred to the relevant Law Enforcement Agencies for in-depth investigation and appropriate action. That, the sum of N632,456,000.00 only paid to Tulip Future Associates Ltd without official engagement as Consultants be recovered by the State Government,” it added.
