Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai
The Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division, has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in a fundamental rights suit filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
Naija News reports that the appellate court ordered that the case be heard afresh before another judge.
In a unanimous judgment delivered on March 17, a three-member panel held that the lower court proceedings violated El-Rufai’s constitutional right to fair hearing.
The panel, comprising Justices Onyekachi Otisi, Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo and Sybil Gbagi, nullified the entire proceedings and judgment delivered on July 30, 2024.
“The proceedings and decision of the lower court amount to a nullity and are liable to be set aside,” the court ruled.
The appeal, marked CA/K/240/2024, arose from a suit filed by El-Rufai against the Kaduna State House of Assembly and the state Attorney General.
The dispute followed an investigation by an ad hoc committee of the Assembly into the financial activities of the Kaduna State Government between May 2015 and May 2023.
The committee had indicted the former governor over an alleged ₦400 billion fraud.
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