Human rights lawyer, Malcom Omirhobo, has stated that former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, also practiced and benefitted from corruption.

This was after El-Rufai accused the judiciary of corruption while speaking at the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch, in Abuja on Monday.

At the event, El-Rufai said,“In parallel, our judiciary—meant to be the bedrock of fairness and order—is under intense scrutiny. Concerns about delayed justice, procedural inefficiencies, and in some cases, judicial compromise (to put the matter delicately), erode public confidence."

The former governor lamented the increasing use of ex parte orders in political matters, accusing some legal practitioners of manipulating the court system for political advantage.

“The rise in ‘forum shopping,’ the weaponisation of ex parte orders in political matters, and the growing perception that justice is for sale and available only to the rich and the powerful would cause the perceptive observer to conclude that what Nigerian courts do is the administration of law and not the administration of justice,” El-Rufai added.

Reacting, Omirhobo accused the former governor of being hypocritical with his statement.

Omirhobo to Former governor of Kaduna, State Nasir El-Rufai, don't be a hypocrite, you are one of the practitioners and beneficiaries of corruption in Nigeria.