Key Takeaways
- The Federal High Court in Abuja fixed December 2, 2026 for judgment in Nasir El-Rufai’s ₦1 billion fundamental rights suit against ICPC and other respondents.
- Justice Joyce Abdulmalik deemed El-Rufai’s court documents adopted in his lawyer’s absence; Ubong Akpan later arrived and apologised for his lateness.
- Lawyers representing ICPC, the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney General of the Federation adopted their court documents and urged the court to dismiss the suit.
The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, has fixed December 2, 2026 for judgement in the ₦1 billion fundamental rights suit filed by former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and co-respondents.
Justice Abdulmalik fixed the date after lawyers to all the parties involved in the case adopted their processes.
However, El-Rufai’s lwayer was not in court when the case was called.
Justice Abdulmalik then made an order deeming all the processes filed by the former governor adopted.
On his part, the counsel for the ICPC, Abdul Mohammed (SAN), identified and adopted all their processes, and urged the court to dismiss the suit in its entirety.
