Court dismisses El-Rufai’s suit seeking to stop ICPC, others from freezing his assets

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai seeking an order restraining the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and others from freezing his bank accounts.
Other respondents in the suit included the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Department of State Services, DSS, and Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, sued as 2nd to 4th respondents respectively.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for being an abuse of court process because the former governor had filed a similar suit in the FCT High Court.
The judge agreed with the argumen...