Dismiss El-Rufai’s N1bn enforcement suit – IGP tells court

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Disu, has called connected Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to onslaught retired the rights enforcement suit filed by erstwhile Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.

DAILY POST reports that El-Rufai is demanding N1b successful compensation against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, the Chief Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, the IGP, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF.

The erstwhile politician is besides challenging a caller hunt of his Asokoro location successful Abuja by instrumentality enforcement agents, during which immoderate items were allegedly recovered.

The IGP, successful a counter-affidavit, justified the hunt of El-Rufai’s home, accusing the erstwhile politician of attempting to usage the suit arsenic a shield against probe and imaginable prosecution.

According to him, the constabulary person statutory powers to detect, arrest, investigate, and prosecute offenders, adding that the hunt was carried retired pursuant to a warrant issued by a competent court.

He arsenic rejected El-Rufai’s assertion that the warrant was invalid, insisting it was lawfully issued and decently executed b...