El-Rufai slams fresh N10bn suit against ICPC, alleges denial of access to family

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA— The detained former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a N10billion suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), alleging gross violation of his fundamental rights.
In the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1852/2026, which he lodged before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the embattled former governor accused the ICPC of denying his wife, Aichatou Asabe, and son, Abba El-Rufai, access to him.
He is praying the court to declare that the repeated refusal of the prosecuting agency to allow his family members access to him, particularly to provide food, medication and other necessities, without la...