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Abdulazeez Abubakar
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El-Rufai did not suffer nose-bleeding In custody, says ICPC
Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have denied claims by former Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai that he suffered nose bleeding in its custody.
The anti-graft agency reacted to the claims by El-Rufai’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, saying that the Ex-Governor did not suffer from health challenge while he is in its custody.
Meanwhile , El-Rufai has been detained by the ICPC since February 18 after his release by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where he spent two nights.
Adekeye in a statement on Tuesday said El-Rufai’s legal team had not been shown any remand order authorising his continued detention in ICPC’s custody beyond 48 hours without charge.
He added that El-Rufai’s legal team and family were “having difficulties in securing access to him in detention.”
“One of his wives was not allowed to deliver his meal directly to him on the evening of 17th February, but was asked to pass it to him through one of the commission’s personnel. His lawyers have reported that he suffered an overnight episode of bleeding from his nose,” Adekeye said.
Besides, The ICPC said on Tuesday that Adekeye’s claim was not true.
“The allegation that he (El-Rufai) bled from his nose yesterday while in the custody of the ICPC is not true please,” Okor Odey, spokesperson for the ICPC said on Tuesday.
The ICPC and the EFCC are probing Mallam El-Rufai over alleged financial impropriety during his tenure as governor of Kaduna State between 2015 and 2023.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly indicted El-Rufai in 2024 over alleged diversion of N432 billion in public funds and money laundering and recommended his prosecution.
https://guardian.ng/news/el-rufai-did-not-suffer-nose-bleeding-in-custody-says-icpc/
