Ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State is set to battle the State House of Assembly over the N432 billion probe.

The immediate past Governor’s son, Bello El-Rufai, disclosed this on his X page.

He wrote: “Mallam Nasir El-Rufai filed a lawsuit against the Kaduna State House of Assembly today for Defamation of his Character, amongst other spurious, unfounded allegations levelled against his person.”

“I advise they start compiling legal fees to defend their lies in court.”

For those who don’t know, El-Rufai’s administration was indicted to the tune of N423 billion.

Recall that Governor Uba Sani had on March 30th, 2024, revealed during a town hall meeting that the state faced a substantial debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities inherited from the previous administration.

He said the debt burden led to over 70% of the state’s allocation being used to service the inherited debt.

This, however, prompted the Kaduna State House of Assembly to form an ad-hoc committee to investigate the state’s financial transactions from May 29th, 2015 to May 29, 2023.