A former Special Adviser to immediate past Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been summoned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Mr. Jimi Lawal was invited over an alleged phony Light Rail Project valued at N11 billion.
It was learnt that there was no contract file for the implementation of the purported light rail but it was allegedly paid for in full.
Although Lawal was scheduled to appear before ICPC team of investigators yesterday, he failed to show up and he was not represented.
The anti-graft agency, it was learnt, requested the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to place the former adviser on watch-list at airports, seaports and land borders.
According to the commission, Lawal is being probed in connection with “loans (foreign and domestic) obtained without following due process.”
The commission said it had discovered that his account domiciled with a major bank revealed a total sum of N144 million in receipts from four private companies.
A copy of the ICPC’s letter to DSS and NIS reads: “The above mentioned person (Lawal Shakiru Olujimi Adebisi), who hails from Ogun State and speaks Yoruba and English fluently, is being investigated for the offence of criminal conspiracy.
“Credible information at the commission’s disposal suggests that the suspect, who is under investigation, is most likely to flee the country to evade being prosecuted.
“You are therefore, kindly requested to place him on the watch-list and arrest him if seen in any of the airports, seaports or land border and inform this commission accordingly.”
Twenty top officials and the Managing Director of a company have also been invited by ICPC over $350 million loans meant for rehabilitation of schools and strategic infrastructure.
The affected invitees will undergo interrogation from August 13 to August 16.
