El-Rufai files fresh N10bn suit against ICPC over family access

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has filed a fresh N10 billion lawsuit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged restrictions on his family members visiting him in custody. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on August 13, seeks to enforce what El-Rufai described as his fundamental rights while in detention.

El-Rufai, through his lawyer, alleged that ICPC officials stopped his wife and son from visiting him, causing him emotional trauma and humiliation. He also accused ICPC officers of physically restraining and intimidating his wife and son. The court is being asked to declare that the ICPC's continued denial of family access without lawful authority is unconstitutional and to order the ICPC to give El-Rufai unhindered and reasonable access to his family and counsel throughout his detention.

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