BREAKING: ICPC TRACES MULTIPLE LUXURY PROPERTIES IN EGYPT TO FORMER KADUNA GOVERNOR NASIR EL-RUFAI

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered several high-end real estate assets in Egypt linked to the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.

Sources quoted in the ongoing investigations into El-Rufai’s tenure disclosed that the properties were allegedly purchased between 2021 and 2023, a period during which he was still the Governor of Kaduna State.

According to details from the investigation, the properties traced to El-Rufai include one villa at Arabilla estate, 5th settlement area in Cairo, another villa at Banafsik estate, 1st settlement area, New Cairo, and a third villa in Oriana II, New Cairo, located near the American University.

Other assets linked to the former governor include four apartments in the upscale Cairo Festival City and two more apartments within the Oriana Estate in New Cairo.

The anti-corruption agency is currently probing El-Rufai over alleged financial misappropriations during his two terms as governor of Kaduna state, spanning from 2015 to 2023.

El-Rufai has been in the custody of the ICPC since February 18, 2026. Shortly before he was taken into ICPC custody, the former governor was also grilled by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his allegation that the phone of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, was tapped.