The National Hospital, Abuja, says it has no record of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as a registered patient in its medical records.
The development comes after a High Court in Kaduna rejected El-Rufai’s application for bail to travel abroad for medical treatment while standing trial on corruption-related charges.
This is contained in a letter by the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Muhammad Raji Mahmud, to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The letter was in response to an ICPC request for verification of a medical report and expert opinion purportedly issued by the hospital.
Mahmud confirmed that Dr. Bello Abubakar, a consultant radiation oncologist, is on contract appointment with the hospital following his retirement.
He, however, said the hospital could not authenticate the medical report presented to the commission.
According to him, the report did not contain a hospital number to facilitate verification.
Mahmud said the hospital searched its electronic medical records using different permutations of the name “El-Rufai Nasir Ahmad.”
He said officials also manually searched records of patients who attended the Oncology Clinic during the first and second weeks of June 2026.
The CMD said the searches yielded no matching record.
He said the absence of a hospital number or personal telephone number made identification impossible.
Mahmud said the hospital could therefore state that El-Rufai was not registered as a patient at the National Hospital, Abuja.
He added that the hospital could not identify any visits, receipts or services rendered to the named individual.
According to him, the hospital was equally unable to trace any visit to its departments or consultations with its doctors.
Mahmud said the hospital management was unaware of the medical report dated June 10, 2026, allegedly signed by Prof. Bello Abubakar Mohammed.
He said although the report was written on the hospital’s letterhead, it was issued without the knowledge or authorisation of the hospital management.
The CMD expressed hope that the information provided would assist the ICPC in its ongoing investigation.
