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‘Ribadu orchestrated my attempted arrest’ – El-Rufai tells Atiku
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 on Thursday.
El-Rufai made the claim while speaking with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who paid him a solidarity visit at his residence later that night.
The former governor had just returned from a trip to Cairo, Egypt, when the incident reportedly occurred.
According to him, operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, working alongside officials of the Department of State Services, confronted him at the airport and attempted to take him into custody.
“It turned out that it’s the ICPC that procured DSS to abduct me and hades me over to them. The ICPC has never invited me.
“We just understand that it’s the ICPC not EFCC that’s responsible for what happened today and the ICPC chairman is acting of the direct order of Nuhu Ribadu,” El-Rufai said.
Responding, Atiku expressed sympathy with the former governor and stressed the need for political unity ahead of the next general election.
The ex-Vice President noted that opposition forces must organize themselves to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
“We must come together and form very viable opposition because Tinubu is determined to turn Nigeria into a one party state,” Atiku said.
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