Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has filed a suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over what he described as an unlawful invasion and search of his Abuja residence.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/345/2026 and filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, El-Rufai, through his legal team led by Oluwole Iyamu, is seeking the nullification of a search warrant issued on February 4 by a magistrate court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The warrant authorised operatives to conduct a search and seize items from his home.

El-Rufai has been in ICPC custody since Wednesday, February 18, in connection with ongoing investigations. On Thursday, his media ...