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Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has returned to the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
El-Rufai on Tuesday appeared to the federal high court in Kaduna and state high court in Kaduna to face trial on separate charges.
At the state high court in Kaduna, the proposed arraignment of el-Rufai could not take place because the second defendant in the case was not in court.
The court adjourned the arraignment to April 10.
At the federal high court in Kaduna, Rilwani Aikawa, a judge, adjourned the bail application of el-Rufai to Wednesday, April 1.
The prosecutor told the court that the counter affidavit against the bail application was just filed.
On March 24, el-Rufai and Joel Adoga were arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before the federal high court on charges bordering on alleged fraud and money laundering.
The defendants pleaded not guilty. Subsequently, the court adjourned the bail hearing to March 31.
On March 27, the ICPC released El-Rufai on compassionate grounds following the death of his mother, Hajiya Umma.
El-Rufai’s mother died in Egypt on March 27 where she was receiving medical treatment. Her burial rites took place on March 28.
After the court proceedings at the federal high court in Abuja, the former Kaduna governor was said to have been taken away by ICPC operatives.
Speaking with TheCable, John Okor Odey, ICPC spokesperson, said the former governor is in ICPC custody.
“Temporary leave is different from bail. He was granted temporary leave to attend his mother’s burial. He is still in our custody. We took him to court,” Odey said.
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