A document has emerged showing that Hon. Bello El-Rufai received a luxury vehicle from the National Assembly, despite initially denying it.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
The Nigerian House of Representatives member had stated in an old interview that he declined one of the Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) allocated to lawmakers at the beginning of the 10th Assembly. He mentioned in the interview that some of his colleagues also rejected the vehicle.
In a podcast interview in March 2024, Bello El-Rufai said, “Abraham Bello is in PDP, a brilliant young man …and none of us took that SUVs. With the kind of insults we ‘chop’ (received), why should I take the SUV? If I say this now what is the comment. You just said I am a son of the privileged, I have had SUV since I was working.”
Asked about the funds, he said, “that is the question, if you get the funds what did you roll out to do with it, but everybody came as if to say that maybe some people have not got cars.”
However, a document obtained by SaharaReports indicates that Bello received the posh cars.
The document, dated October 31, 2023, shows that El-Bello Rufai indeed received a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado from the National Assembly’s transport division, House of Representatives. The vehicle’s details are as follows: Chassis Number TTEBX3FJ401C349213, grey in colour, and came with two keys, according to SaharaReporters.
This evidence directly contradicts El-Rufai’s earlier claim.
In March, SaharaReporters exposed a controversy surrounding Bello El-Rufai’s denial of receiving an official SUV, based on a leaked internal memo from the Nigerian House of Representatives.
The memo, addressed to House members, refuted El-Rufai’s claims and confirmed that all members had indeed received their allocated vehicles. Authored by Hon. Philip Agbese, the Deputy Spokesperson for the House, the memo was leaked to SaharaReporters, revealing the discrepancy between El-Rufai’s statements and the actual facts.
Bello, the son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, represents Kaduna North Federal Constituency and serves as the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking Regulations.
