A former aide to ex-governor of Kaduna state Jimi Lawal, has been charged to court for corruption and money laundering. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) filed a five-count charge against former aide to Malam Nasir El-Rufai Ehile he was governor with charge number FCH/KD/16c/2025 at the Federal High Court in Kaduna

Lawal, who was the former Senior Special Adviser to former Governor El-Rufai, is charged alongside Umar Waziri, Yusuf Inuwa, and Solar Life Nigeria Limited. ICPC alleged that sometime in 2018, Lawal indirectly took control of the sum of N10,000,000 from the Kaduna State Accountant General Operational Account via a Guaranty Trust Bank Automated System (GAPS) and paid it into the Guaranty Trust Bank Account of Solar Life Nigeria Limited, an account for which he was the sole signatory

The ICPC further stated that the former aide to El-Rufai ought to have known that the funds were part of the proceeds of corruption. By doing so, Lawal allegedly committed an offence contrary to Section 18(2)(d) and punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. In count two of the charges, Lawal is accused of indirectly taking control of N47,840,000 from the Kaduna State Ministry of Finance through GTB Account 0130133086 in July 2018