Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, is facing a series of alleged financial and procurement-related charges.
The allegations include: Approval and receipt of N289.8 million as excessive severance payment
• Accusations of money laundering and suspicious financial inflows
• Alleged receipt of foreign currency from questionable sources
• Diversion of over $1 million from a World Bank loan
• Irregular award of N11 billion light rail contract for an unexecuted project
• Procurement breach involving a N4.61 billion CCTV contract
• Conferring undue advantage in another $22.475 million contract
• Alleged land fraud along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway
• Unlawful revocation and reallocation of land to associates
• Attempt to obstruct justice through alleged financial inducements in Nigeria and abroad
No official response has been issued by the former governor at the time of this report.
