Jimi Lawal, a former aide to Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has been charged with five counts of corruption by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The charges relate to alleged financial improprieties during Lawal's tenure as a counsellor at the Kaduna Economic Development Council from 2019 to 2023. He is accused of misappropriating public funds and making false statements during an investigation.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed a five-count charge against Jimi Lawal, an ex-aide of Nasirto the former governor and a counsellor at the Kaduna Economic Development Council from 2019 to 2023.Osuobeni Akponimishingha, ICPC’s assistant chief legal officer, filed the suit marked FCH/KD/16c/2025 on Wednesday before a federal high court in Kaduna.
The commission said the first defendant ought to have known that the funds were part of the proceeds of corruption.In count two of the charge, Lawal is accused of indirectly taking control of N47.8 million from the Kaduna state ministry of finance through GTB account No. 0130133086 in July 2018. The funds were said to have been “domiciled in United Bank for Africa account 10200067882 and later transferred to the Guaranty Trust Bank account 0130133086 of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, an account for which he was the sole signatory”.
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