COURT ADJOURNS EL-RUFAI, SIX OTHERS' #8.68 BILLION FRAUD CASE TO DECEMBER 8.(PHOTO).

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COURT ADJOURNS EL-RUFAI, SIX OTHERS' #8.68 BILLION FRAUD CASE TO DECEMBER 8 The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned the trial of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, and six others over alleged corruption and money laundering involving an ₦8.68 billion Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance contract to December 8, 2026, following changes in the legal teams representing the prosecution and the first defendant. A statement by Head Media and Public Communications(ICPC), Okor Odey says the matter instituted by Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), came up before Honourable Justice Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna Judicial Division, where the newly appointed prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Muktar, announced his appearance and informed the court of a change in the prosecution team. Muktar consequently sought an adjournment to enable him to study the case file, review previous proceedings, and familiar...

ICC TO ISSUE WAR CRIMES VERDICT AGAINST CAR FORMER REBEL LEADER. (PHOTO).


 ICC to issue war crimes verdict against CAR former rebel leader


The International Criminal Court is expected to hand down its verdict on Wednesday against a former Central African Republic rebel commander accused of torture and imprisonment as head of a feared prison unit.


Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, 56, faces seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities allegedly carried out as the CAR spiralled into civil war in 2013.


Said was a top commander of the Seleka rebel group that ousted president Francois Bozize and plunged the country into a bloody sectarian conflict.


He ran the Central Office for the Repression of Banditry (OCRB) detention centre in the capital Bangui where prosecutors allege horrific acts of torture and deprivation were inflicted on prisoners.


‘Whipped and burned’


Some were "whipped with horsehide whips or sticks with metal wires", "burned, or had their ears pulled with pliers and partially ripped off," ICC judges said when confirming the charges against Said.


A frequently used torture method was "arbatachar", in which prisoners' hands, elbows, and feet were tied tightly together behind their backs.


Conditions in the prison were dire, with small and overcrowded cells that were hot and dark with no air holes or windows, the ICC said.


Prisoners were denied food or water and some drank their own urine out of thirst, according to the court.


There was a cell dubbed "the hole" directly under Said's office, where people were held in "dreadful conditions", said the court.


"This cell was dark and so small that detainees were prevented from lying down, with the floor covered with waste, faeces and urine due to the absence of access to hygienic facilities," the ICC said.


"Some detainees were left bleeding with their hands tied," added the court.

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