El-Rufai planned to stifle EFCC investigation with $600,000 bribe, witness tells court

A forensic investigator with the State Security Service (SSS) has alleged that former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai planned to bribe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials and intermediaries with $600,000 to stifle an investigation. Testifying on Tuesday as the first prosecution witness in the former governor's trial before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court in Kawo, Segun Kayode narrated how $500,000 and $100,000 were allegedly set aside for the illicit payments.