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Alleged N90bn assets: Defendants seek recall of El-Rufai to witness stand

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The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has reportedly withdrawn his interest in being part of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. According to report, presidency sources said Mr El-Rufai told President Tinubu at a meeting on Tuesday that he was no longer interested in becoming a minister but would continue to contribute his quota to the development of Nigeria as a private citizen. “He also told the president that he needed time to focus on his doctorate programme at a university in The Netherlands,” a source said. Another insider also said that the former governor suggested a new ministerial nominee — Jafaru Ibrahim Sani — for Kaduna State, saying the President would find him very useful and resourceful. Mr Sani served as commissioner in three ministries in Kaduna State (Local Government Education and Environment) while Mr El-Rufai was governor.
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Kaduna State High Court has adjourned till May 2, for motion on notice seeking the recall of Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai for further cross-examination in the suit he instituted against the Union Newspapers.
The court is also expected to receive the assets declaration documents of El-Rifa’i on the same date.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Gov. El-Rufai had in 2017 opened and closed his case challenging the report by the newspaper in which it said he had declared N90 billion in his assets declaration form to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The adjournment on Wednesday followed the oral application made by the defence counsel, Mr H. A Abuul.
Also, Counsel to the CCB, Mr Temitope Adeyemi had requested for another date to enable the bureau carry on the process of producing the assets declaration document of the governor.
The Judge, Justice Mairo Mohammed, said the court would consider the motion on the next adjourned date.
During Wednesday’s sitting, Chairman of the CCB, who was ordered to be arrested by the court for failing to honour its summons, was represented by Adeyemi.
Adeyemi informed the court that the chairman is new in office, as he only assumed duty in late November 2018, and had no prior knowledge of the subpoena, as such requested for new date to produce the assets documents.

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