Nigeria, March 18 -- The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has ordered the rehearing of a suit filed by former Governor Nasir El-Rufai's suit to challenge the Kaduna State House of Assembly's probe into his activities while in office.

The appellate court nullified the judgement of the Kaduna Division of the Federal High Court which had thrown out Mr El-Rufai's suit against the legislative probe in 2024.

It held that the lower Federal High Court denied Mr El-Rufai fair hearing, which was exactly the grievance he had against the Kaduna State House of Assembly and prompted him to file the suit.

The former Kaduna State governor alleged in his suit that the Kaduna State House of Assembly denied him fair hearing in its investigations.

But the Feder...