Hadiza el-Rufai, wife of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, has mocked claims by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission that wiretapping equipment was recovered from their Abuja residence.
In a post on X on Tuesday, she reacted to media reports quoting the ICPC as saying electronic devices capable of tapping conversations were seized during a search of their property.
“You forgot to mention that you also took away my bank tokens.
“I swear to God, they are not wiretapping equipment,” she wrote.
Mrs El-Rufai’s post quoted a Monday statement by her son, Mohammed El-Rufai, who represents Kaduna North Federal Constituency, describing the claims as false and politically motivated, insisting that no “sophisticated tapping equipment” was seized during the search.
the ICPC, in court filings before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, listed documents and electronic devices it said were recovered from the former governor’s Abuja home while urging the court to dismiss his N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit.
The commission maintained that its operatives acted lawfully under a search warrant issued on February 18 and executed on February 19 between 1:37 pm and 3:56 pm at 12 Mambilla Street, Asokoro, Abuja. Police personnel accompanied the ICPC officials, and the search was witnessed by Hadiza el-Rufai and the couple’s son, Mohammed el-Rufai.
Items allegedly recovered included investor account statements, asset declaration forms, certificates of registration for business entities, corporate compliance records, client Know-Your-Customer files, documents linked to the African Democratic Congress welfare secretary, records of domestic and foreign loans approved by the Kaduna State House of Assembly from 2015 to 2023, and interim investigation reports involving El-Rufai and associates.
Other materials reportedly seized included Ecobank Nigeria Plc share certificates, land documents, student financial services papers, valuation reports, deeds of assignment, irrevocable Powers of Attorney for multiple properties, Afri-Venture Capital Company documents, payment mandates, and media/publicity materials from the Office of the ex-governor.
Electronic devices listed include nine flash drives, one memory card, seven hard drives, multiple laptops (including Apple MacBook Pro and Elumac Book Pro models), several mobile phones (Blackberry, Nokia N95, Toshiba, Samsung IDEOS, Google IDEOS), a tablet, and chargers.
However, the family described the claim of wiretapping equipment as “falsehood.”
“We were present when these items were seized,” the family said in a statement on Monday.
“No equipment other than old, discarded personal mobile phones, some dating back as much as 20 years, and storage devices like flash drives and laptops, which are standard possessions of any 21st-century citizen, were removed from the property.”
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