Fresh Trouble as ICPC uncovers several houses in Egypt linked to El-Rufai amid investigations [See List]

As the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) intensify investigation of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, several real estates in Egypt have been linked to him.

The real estates were said to have been acquired during his tenure as governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2023.

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CAPITAL POST recalled that Malam El-Rufai returned from Egypt into the waiting hands of security operatives who kept vigil to arrest him over a report that has indicted him of embezzling the sum of N420 billion during his tenure as governor of Kaduna State.

Meanwhile the ICPC discovery of real estate assets belonging to El-Rufai, include:
Three villas and six apartments, all said to be located in highbrow estates and areas in Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

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At per the current estimate, the villas in Arabilla Estate and Banafsik Estate, both in New Cairo, are sold for between $1,000,000 and $1,300,000, while apartments in Cairo Festival City could go for a price tag of $500,000 each.

Specifically, investigations revealed that he acquired the properties between 2021 and 2023 as governor and which were not captured in his Code of Conduct Bureau asset declaration before becoming governor of Kaduna State.

The properties traced to El-Rufai include one villa at Arabilla estate, 5th settlement area in Cairo, another villa at Banafsik estate, 1st settlement area, New Cairo, and another villa in Oriana II, New Cairo (near American University).
Other properties include four apartments in Cairo Festival City and two more in Oriana Estate, New Cairo.
The fresh fact seemed to have multiplied El-Rufai’s woes as he is currently facing claims that he hacked into telephone conversation of the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu. He made the claim on a national television upon his return from Egypt to the country.

The claim is punishable under cyber attack laws in Nigeria.

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