The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has sued the state House of Assembly over the allegations that his administration embezzled N432billion.
El-Rufai filed a fundamental rights suit at Federal High Court in Kaduna against the Assembly on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
TheFact Daily recalls that on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman while receiving a report from the Assembly’s ad hoc committee established to look into all contracts, loans and financial transactions undertaken by the El-Rufai administration stated that the “El-Rufai government embezzled N423 billion, leaving the state burdened with enormous obligations.”
Also, Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia who presented the report to the Assembly stated that most of the loans obtained during El-Rufai’s administration were, “not used for the intended purpose” and that in certain instances, “the proper procedures were not followed in obtaining the loans”.
According to a report by Channels TV, the suit, filed by the ex-governor’s lawyer Abdulhakeem Mustapha, challenged the report of the Committee.
