PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a statement written by Bello Abubakar, the oncologist facing forgery charges over a medical report allegedly used to secure bail for former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
In the statement, Mr Abubakar admitted writing the report but said he does not know the man accused of using the medical report to depose an affidavit in the former governor’s favour.
Mr Abubakar, a Chief Consultant Clinical/Radiation Oncologist at the National Hospital, Abuja, wrote a voluntary statement to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), given in the presence of his lawyer, Rabiu Suleiman of Mahmud SAN and Co.
“I cannot recall anybody with the name Mohammed Bala Aliyu, and I have never deposed or given him any order or authorised him to depose an affidavit,” he said.
The ICPC had, in a four-count charge, accused Mr Abubakar of knowingly issuing a false medical report to mislead a public officer and support Mr El-Rufai’s bail application in a case marked KDH/KAD/ICPC/02/2026, pending before the Kaduna State High Court.
