A former Special Adviser to immediate past Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Jimi Lawal, has been placed on watch-list for failing to honour his invitation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Lawal is in the throes of investigation at the hands of ICPC over an alleged phoney Light Rail Project valued at N11bn during the time of El-Rufai as governor.
Report said the rail project is a ruse in its entirety lacking contract file while the money was allegedly paid for in full.
In the investigation launched into it, Lawal was scheduled to appear before ICPC team of investigators on Monday but absented himself and sent no one to represent him.
This caused the anti-graft agency to request the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to place the former adviser on watch-list at airports, seaports and land borders.
It was also gathered that Lawal is facing probe in connection with “loans (foreign and domestic) obtained without following due process.”
Further discovery revealed that his account domiciled with a major bank has a total sum of N144 million receipts from four private companies.
A copy of the ICPC’s letter to DSS and NIS reads: “The above mentioned person (Lawal Shakiru Olujimi Adebisi), who hails from Ogun State and speaks Yoruba and English fluently, is being investigated for the offence of criminal conspiracy.
“Credible information at the commission’s disposal suggests that the suspect, who is under investigation, is most likely to flee the country to evade being prosecuted.
“You are therefore, kindly requested to place him on the watch-list and arrest him if seen in any of the airports, seaports or land border and inform this commission accordingly.”
