El-Rufai Accuses NSA Nuhu Ribadu of Orchestrating Alleged Arrest Attempt
Gossip • 2d ago
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has accused the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, of being behind an alleged attempt to arrest him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
El-Rufai made the allegation on Thursday night while speaking with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who visited him at his residence in solidarity following the incident. The former governor had just returned from a trip to Cairo, Egypt, when security operatives reportedly confronted him at the airport.
According to El-Rufai, officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), were responsible for the attempted arrest, not the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as initi...