El-Rufai’s supporters hire US lobbying firm over ICPC prosecution

Supporters of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have hired a United States-based lobbying and advocacy firm to raise concerns about his ongoing prosecution by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.
The supporters, under the aegis of the El-Rufai Support Group Association, ERSGA, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The group stressed that it had retained Vanguard Africa, an international advocacy organisation headquartered in Washington, DC, to spearhead engagements with key stakeholders in the United States and the wider international community.
It noted that the move was aimed at drawing attention to what it described as g...