Corruption allegation: El-Rufai led govt of integrity, competence, says aide

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed the study of the committee acceptable up by the state’s House of Assembly to analyse his administration.

El-Rufai’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, successful a connection connected Wednesday, said the erstwhile politician led a authorities of integrity and competent governance.

“We are alert of quality that the Kaduna State House of Assembly has adopted the study of the ad-hoc committee it asked to probe the El-Rufai government,” Adekeye said.

“We person not been availed a transcript of the report, to which we would respond robustly whenever we get it.

“We affirm the integrity of the El-Rufai authorities and disregard the scandalous claims being aired arsenic the study of the committee.”

Adekeye said Malam El-Rufai is immensely arrogant of his grounds of governance and the bequest helium near successful Kaduna State.

He stated that this grounds of consistently precocious show successful nationalist and backstage bureau cannot beryllium altered by immoderate malicious effort to usage the auspices of a authorities legislature for defamation and undeserved smears.

According to the spokesman, galore of the officials who served successful the El-Rufai authorities appeared earlier the ad-hoc committee due to the fact that of their assurance successful the prime of their work and the rectitude which they served Kaduna State.

He added that they were nether nary illusion that they were participating successful a just process.

Adekeye said it was evident that the advertisement hoc committee was simply going done the motions of an enquiry conscionable to springiness immoderate gloss to predetermined conclusions.

“It is bittersweet to spot specified a shameful departure from immoderate conception of decency and fairness by a authorities legislature,” Adekeye stated.

“We disregard with contempt the claims being peddled successful transportation with the report.

“Malam El-Rufai wishes to guarantee discerning Nigerians that helium has served Kaduna State with integrity and to the champion of his capacity, assisted by a hardworking and patriotic team.

“He complied with each extant laws successful each his activities portion helium was the governor. This jaundiced probe should beryllium disregarded arsenic the politically motivated hatchet occupation it is.”

An advertisement hoc committee acceptable up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly connected Wednesday recommended that El-Rufai should beryllium probed for maltreatment of bureau and wealth laundering during his tenure.

The committee which was acceptable up to analyse each finances, loans and contracts awarded nether El-Rufai made this proposal aft submitting its study to the House.

Presenting the study during plenary, the president of the advertisement hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, besides called for a thorough probe of immoderate cardinal appointees of the El-Rufai medication by due instrumentality enforcement and anti-corruption agencies.

“Most of the loans obtained nether the El-Rufai medication were not utilized for the intent for which they were obtained, portion successful immoderate cases, owed process was not followed successful securing the loans,” Zacharia said.

The Speaker of the Kaduna House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, aft receiving the study said that a full N423 cardinal was siphoned by El-Rufai’s medication which near the authorities with dense debts.

The committee, thereafter called for the probe and prosecution of El-Rufai alongside immoderate different indicted members of his medication by information and anti-corruption agencies.

The committee connected Wednesday besides demanded the contiguous suspension of the Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance, Shizer Badda, who held the aforesaid presumption erstwhile El-Rufai was politician arsenic good arsenic the president of the authorities Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

The probe initiated by the Kaduna House of Assembly emerged aft Governor Uba Sani accused his predecessor, El-Rufai of leaving tons of indebtedness load of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities.