Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has filed a fresh N10 billion suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
El-Rufai nstituted the suit against the ICPC for allegedly preventing him from having access to his wife, Aichatou Asabe, and son, Abba El-Rufai, while in custody.
El-Rufai, in the suit filed by his lawyer, Ubong Akpan, also named the ICPC chairman and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as second and third defendants.
The originating motion, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1852/2026 and filed on August 13, 2026, was sighted on Sunday.
The detained ex-governor, who alleged that his wife and son were denied to see him, sought nine reliefs.
He prayed the court to declare that his fundamental human rights guaranteed under Part IV of the 1999 Constitution (as amended} remain inviolable and in force notwithstanding his detention by the commission and should be honoured.
He prayed the court to declare that his repeated refusal and/or prevention from access to his family members while in custody, particularly to provide him with food, medication and other necessities, without any lawful justficauon or court order, breached his rights.
El-Rufai said these rights are guaranteed under Sections 34 and 37 of the constitution and Articles 5 and 18 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
El-Rufai sought a declaration that the physical restraint, intimidation and treatment meted out to Asabe and Abba by ICPC’s officers on July 7, as well as their alleged arbitrary interference with the spousal and filial relationship amounted to a violation and breach of his right to the dignity of the person as well as his right to private and family life.
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El-Rufai sought “a declaration that the respondents’ continued denial of family access without lawful authority is unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.
The former governor, therefore, prayed the court for “an order directing the respondents to grant the applicant unhindered and reasonable access to members of his family and counsel throughout the period of his detention as earlier directed by the Federal High Court.”
He added that despite the order of court permitting his family members and his lawyers to have access to him, the respondents prevented his wife and son from having access to him without any justification.
El-Rufai said his wife and son had been prevented from giving him food, medication and other necessities.
He stated: “This acton has subjected the applicant to humiliation, emotional trauma, anxiety and psychological distress.
“The respondents acted arbitrarily, unlawfully and in a manner inconsistent with Sections 34, 37 and 46 of the constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
“The respondents’ conduct amounts to an unjustifiable interference with the applicant’s dignity and family life and is therefore unconstitutional.”
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