An Abuja high court today discharged and acquitted Mallam Nasir el Rufai. Also freed were Mrs. Altine Jibrin and Dr. Ismaila Iro, two former FCT officials, who were charged with the former minister.
Sitting promptly at 9am, the court reviewed the prosecution’s case and the no-case submission made by the defendants.
The court ruled that none of the eight counts in the charge were proven, and it upheld the no-case submission and discharged all the three defendants. The case had earlier been dismissed by the Federal High Court in 2010 for lack of jurisdiction.
