Olajimi Shakiru Adebisi Lawal

Long-standing El-Rufai aide and senior counsellor on investment in Kaduna State (2015–2023). Co-defendant in three separate ICPC prosecutions: an earlier ₦64.8m diversion case involving Solar Life Nigeria Limited (granted bail 2025); the 10-count money-laundering suit FHC/KD/93C/2026; and the 17 April 2026 11-count Kaduna CCTV charge involving Singularity Network Security and IHS Towers executives. He is the patronage hinge across the El-Rufai cluster.