Court rejects El-Rufai’s bail bid after hospital disowns medical report

The Kaduna State High Court has dismissed another bail application filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the criminal case brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.
Justice D. H. Khobo, in a ruling delivered on June 29, 2026, turned down El-Rufai’s third request for bail, which was based on medical grounds.
A key issue before the court was a medical report submitted by the former governor in support of his application. 
The document, marked as Exhibit “A,” was purportedly issued by the National Hospital, Abuja, and claimed that El-Rufai had been diagnosed with advanced metastatic prostate cancer requirin...