The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Headline News

You Can’t Stop EFCC From Investigating You: Court To El-Rufai

Next Edition by Next Edition
November 30, 2019
in Headline News
Kaduna Govt. To Build N3bn Houses For Low Income Earners – Commissioner
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday said Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State cannot stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from investigating him.

Justice Binta Nyako said this while delivering judgment, in a suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/60/09 filed by El-Rufai.

You might also like

Four Dead, ’18 Injured’ As IEDs Explode In Yobe

Police Arrest Two Traffic Robbers In Lagos

Lagos Assembly Approves Solar-powered Street Lighting Initiative

The governor was seeking the court’s determination whether, as the then minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, he had complied with the guidelines approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, for the sale of Federal Government houses between May 2005 and May 2007.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that while El-Rufai was the applicant, the defendants from 1st to 13th include: EFCC, FCT minister, FCDA, AGF, CBN, Oceanic Bank, Access Bank, Intercontinental Bank, Aso Savings and Loans Ltd, Union Homes, Akintola Williams Deloite and Aminu Ibrahim & Co.

In the originating summons brought pursuant to Section 302 of 1999 Constitution and Section 3 and 18 of the FCT Act 1990, El-Rufai also sought court’s determination: “whether the proceeds of the sale of Federal Government houses in the FCT between May 2005 – May 2007 were properly accounted for or not in accordance with the FEC mandate and guidelines to the Federal Capital Territory Authority.

“Whether the sum of N32 billion (or any sum whatsoever) is missing from the proceeds of the sale of Federal Government Houses in the FCT between May 2005 and May 2007.”

READ ALSO: EFCC To Re-arraign Lagos Ex-Speaker Ikuforiji Over Alleged Money Laundering 8 Years Later

The Kaduna State governor also sought the court’s relief on “a declaration that the sale of Federal Government houses in the FCT was conducted in accordance with the Federal Executive Council mandate to the FCTA through the ad hoc committee for the sale of non essential houses in Abuja.

“A declaration that the proceeds of the sale of the said Federal Government houses conducted by the Ad hoc Committee on SOGH in Abuja between 2005 and 2007 were properly accounted for in accordance with the mandate and guidelines approved by the FEC.

“A declaration that the Audit Report prepared by the 12th and 13th respondents on the sale of Federal Government Houses in the FCT confirm that the Sale of Federal Government houses in FCT complied with the approved guidelines for the sale of Federal Government properties in FCT and the proceeds were properly accounted for.

“A declaration that the proceeds of sale of Federal Government Houses in FCT between May 2005 and May 2007 were properly apportioned and accounted for in accordance with the approved guidelines as confirmed by the Audit Report of the 12th and 13th respondents, dated July 20, 2007.

“A declaration that the sum of N32bn (or any sum whatsoever) from the proceeds of the sale of Federal Government of Nigeria Houses in FCT between May 2005 and 2007 is not missing.

“An order directing the 2nd respondent to disclose the exact amount remitted to the 5th respondent as the proceeds of the sale of Federal Government houses in the FCT between May 2005 and May 2007.

“An order directing the 5th respondent to disclose the exact amount received from the 2nd respondent as the proceeds of the sale of Federal Government houses in the FCT between May 2005 and May 2007.”

NAN recalls that Justice Nyako had, earlier, in her judgment, granted El-Rufai’s prayers.
However, in the Friday judgment, the judge noted that the EFCC had called the court’s attention to its counter-affidavit in objection to the prayers.

The anti-graft agency, in its counter-affidavit, had submitted that the motive of the applicant was to stop the commission from investigating him in order to cover up the alleged fraud perpetrated when he was FCT minister.

Justice Nyako, who held that the earlier judgment delivered still stands, however, declared that no court would stop the EFCC from investigating anyone in line with its constitutional mandate.

“No court, including this one, will allow itself to be used to shield anybody from being investigated by the 1st respondent,” the judge held.

NAN

Tags: - Nasir El-RufaiAccess BankEconomic and Financial Crimes CommissionFederal Executive Council
Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

Police Arrest 'immigration officer,' 3Others With Trailers Of Rustled Cows

Four Dead, ’18 Injured’ As IEDs Explode In Yobe

At least four people have been killed and 18 reportedly injured following two separate improvised explosive device (IED) explosions in Gujba LGA of Yobe state. According to Zagazola...

Police Arrest Hotelier Over OAU Post-Graduate Student’s Death

Police Arrest Two Traffic Robbers In Lagos

  Operatives of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos Police Command, have arrested two notorious traffic robbers operating in the Ketu and Mile...

Lagos Govt Reaffirms Ban On Flogging In Schools, Upholds Counseling

Lagos Assembly Approves Solar-powered Street Lighting Initiative

  The Committee urged the Lagos State Electricity Board to ensure equitable distribution of the solar street lights across all parts of the state. The Lagos House of...

Senate Confirms Sani Adam As INEC National Commissioner

Constitution Review: Senate To Consider States Creation Requests, State Police, Other Bills

The Senate committee responsible for reviewing the 1999 constitution has announced that it will evaluate 31 proposals for the creation of new states as part of a renewed...

Next Post
Court Sentences Sitting President To 20 Years In Jail

Court Sentences Sitting President To 20 Years In Jail




Related News

NLC Suspends Indefinite Industrial Action In Niger

Fuel Subsidy Removal: NLC Says No Plan To Embark On Strike

Boy, 13, Tied, Roasted For Stealing Rice In Ebonyi

Boy, 13, Tied, Roasted For Stealing Rice In Ebonyi

Plateau Records 186 New Infections As Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000

Plateau Records 186 New Infections As Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited