ICPC Files Four-Count Charges Against National Hospital Consultant Over Medical Report Used in El-Rufai Bail Case

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission filed a four-count criminal charge on 17 July 2026 against Bello Abubakar, an oncology consultant at the National Hospital in Abuja, for knowingly issuing a false medical report dated 10 June 2026 titled 'Medical Report and Expert Opinion for Urgent Medical Intervention' to support Nasir El-Rufai's bail application in case KDH/KAD/ICPC/02/2026 pending at the Kaduna State High Court.

Count one alleges that Abubakar gave false information with intent to mislead a public officer, contrary to Section 17(1)(c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000. Count two charges him with using his position to confer an unfair advantage by issuing the report, contrary to Section 19 of the same Act.

Count three accuses him of forming a common intention with Aliyu Bala to fabricate false information, contrary to Section 79 of the Penal Code. Count four alleges he dishonestly made a false document purporting to carry the authority of the National Hospital, contrary to Sections 362 and 364 of the Penal Code.

The charge sheet states that Abubakar presented the report to a Commissioner for Oaths in Kaduna State before it was filed in court.

National Hospital Chief Medical Director Raji Mahmud is listed as an expected witness. Mahmud is expected to testify that the hospital did not authorise the report, that no required medical examination was conducted, and that a search of Electronic Medical Records found no record of El-Rufai as a patient in the first two weeks of June 2026.

Mahmud stated that El-Rufai was registered as a patient only on 7 July 2026 and that the report bore no hospital number.