A former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has sued the state House of Assembly over claim that he stole N432billion during his administration.
Recall the the Assembly had constituted a committee that investigated Mr El-Rufai’s administration.
The committee, which submitted its report to the Assembly, indicated the former governor for siphoning N432billion belonging to the state government.
On Wednesday, Mr El-Rufai filed a fundamental rights suit at Federal High Court in Kaduna against the Assembly.
According to a report by Channels TV, the suit, filed by the ex-governor’s lawyer Abdulhakeem Mustapha, challenged the report of the Committee.
In the suit, Mr Mustapha said that Mr El-Rufai approached the court as a Nigerian citizen who is entitled to be given a fair hearing before his rights could be determined by a quasi-judicial or investigative body or courts in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.
Mr El-Rufai also asked the court to declare that by the provisions of Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, the Report of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Investigation of Loans, Financial Transactions, Contractual Liabilities and Other Related Matters of the Government of Kaduna State from 29 May 2015 to 29 May 2023, as ratified by the Kaduna State House of Assembly, is unconstitutional and therefore null and void for violating his right to fair hearing as guaranteed under the Constitution.
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