The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a four-count charge against Professor Bello Abubakar, an oncology consultant at the National Hospital in Abuja.
He is accused of forging a medical report that was used to secure health-based bail for former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.The charges, filed on Friday, allege that the consultant knowingly issued a false medical document to mislead a public officer.
This report was submitted to support Mr El-Rufai’s bail application in an active case marked KDH/KAD/ICPC/02/2026 at the Kaduna State High Court.According to court documents, Professor Abubakar authored the document titled “Medical Report and Expert Opinion for Urgent Medical Intervention” on June 10, 2026.
He allegedly presented the false report to a Commissioner for Oaths in Kaduna State before it was officially filed in court.The first count charges him with giving false information to mislead a public officer under Section 17(1)(c) of the Corrupt Practices Act, 2000. The second count accuses him of using his position to confer an unfair advantage by issuing the fraudulent report.
The third count states that he conspired with Aliyu Bala to fabricate false information to help support the bail application.
Finally, the fourth count accuses him of dishonestly creating a false document by presenting the report as an authorized publication of the National Hospital.
