El-Rufai’s supporters hire US lobbying firm over ICPC prosecution

Supporters of erstwhile Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, person hired a United States-based lobbying and advocacy steadfast to rise concerns astir his ongoing prosecution by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

The supporters, nether the aegis of the El-Rufai Support Group Association, ERSGA, disclosed this successful a connection connected Wednesday.

The radical stressed that it had retained Vanguard Africa, an planetary advocacy organisation headquartered successful Washington, DC, to spearhead engagements with cardinal stakeholders successful the United States and the wider planetary community.

It noted that the determination was aimed astatine drafting attraction to what it described arsenic increasing concerns implicit the regularisation of law, owed process and the authorities of antiauthoritarian institutions successful Nigeria.

According to the group, Vanguard Africa would coordinate outreach efforts to officials wrong the US administration, members of Congress, authorities agencies, pro-democracy organisations and multilateral institutions.

ERSGA explained that the statement was reflected successful a regulatory filing published successful the United States.

It linked the run to the ineligible troubles faced by El-Rufai, who is presently lasting proceedings implicit allegations of maltreatment of office, fiscal misconduct and fraud during his clip arsenic politician of Kaduna State.

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