A Kaduna State High Court has dismissed a fresh bail application filed by a former  governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, after the National Hospital, Abuja, disowned a medical report tendered in support of the request.

Justice Darius Khobo rejected the application, which was based on claims that El-Rufai was suffering from advanced metas-tatic prostate cancer requiring specialised treatment allegedly unavailable in Nigeria.

However, counsel for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) presented documentary evidence from the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, Muhammad Mahmud, disputing the authenticity of the medical report relied upon by the defence.

According to the ICPC, a search of the hospital’s electronic medical records and patient database showed no evidence that El-Rufai had ever been registered, consulted, admitted or treated at the facility.

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