The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a five-count charge against Jimi Lawal, a former Senior Special Adviser to ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged money laundering and corruption.
The charges, filed on January 15 at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, are outlined in case number FCH/KD/16c/2025. The Assistant Chief Legal Officer of the ICPC, Dr. Osuobeni Ekpi Akponimishingha, is prosecuting the case. Lawal is being tried alongside Umar Waziri, Yusuf Inuwa, and Solar Life Nigeria Limited.
The ICPC accuses Jimi Lawal of embezzling public funds during his tenure as a public official in Kaduna State. One of the charges alleges that in 2018, Lawal “indirectly took control of the sum of N10,000,000 from the Kaduna State Accountant-General Operational Account and paid it into the bank account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, for which he was the sole signatory.”