Sources: ICPC quizzes Kaduna finance commissioner amid probe of el-Rufai

Shizzer Bada, commissioner of finance in Kaduna state, was arrested and grilled by the operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), TheCable understands. 

Sources told TheCable that Bada has been in the custody of the ICPC for over a week since arriving at their office.

Insiders said Bada’s arrest is connected to the ongoing probe of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state.

Bada served as accountant-general and later as commissioner of finance in the administration of el-Rufai.

In June, the Kaduna assembly recommended a probe of the administration over allegations bordering on funds diversion and money laundering.

The assembly made the recommendation following a report by an ad hoc committee set up to investigate the state’s finances under the former governor.

The assembly accused the el-Rufai administration of siphoning N423 billion.

The assembly also recommended the probe of Jimi Lawal, a former senior adviser and counsellor on the Kaduna economic development council to el-Rufai.

In June, el-Rufai sued the Kaduna assembly, describing allegations against him as “politically motivated”.

Lawal was grilled by the ICPC in August.