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13 Dec 2013

Court frees El-Rufai in Abuja land grab case


The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has been freed by an Abuja High court, over charges of abusing his power during his tenure as minister.


El-Rufai who had been on trial since 2008, was charged under the Corrupt and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 for allegedly using his ministerial position to revoke a plot of land originally owned by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria Plc, and re-awarding it to his wife, Hadiza Ahmed.
 
In acquitting the former minister, the court has also exonerated him of any criminal charges.

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