The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, before the Federal High Court in Kaduna over an alleged N8.68 billion fraud linked to a CCTV surveillance project.
Also arraigned were El-Rufai’s former Senior Special Adviser and Counsellor, Jimi Adebisi Lawal, and five companies on allegations of corruption, money laundering, and financial misconduct.
The case, marked FHC/KD/93C/2026, is before Justice Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna. The companies named in the amended 11-count charge are Singularity Network Security Limited, Solar Life Nigeria Limited, Knowledge Investment Nigeria Limited, Intercellular Nigeria Limited, and Noble Coast Resources Limited.
The anti-graft agency also named Bashir El-Rufai, identified as the former governor’s elder brother, in one of the charges. He is currently at large.
According to the ICPC, the charges arose from the award of a contract for the procurement, survey planning, final design, and installation of a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance system across the Kaduna metropolis.
The commission alleged that while serving as governor, El-Rufai approved the contract valued at N8,682,574,054.94 in favour of Singularity Network Security Limited despite the company allegedly lacking the technical capacity and experience required to execute the project.
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