El-Rufai Accuses Nuhu Ribadu Of Ordering Alleged Attempt To Detain Him At Abuja Airport
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, orchestrated an attempt by security operatives to detain him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
El-Rufai made the allegation on Thursday evening when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar paid him a solidarity visit at his residence.
According to him, the incident occurred shortly after he returned from Cairo, Egypt. He said operatives of the Department of State Services approached him at the airport alongside officials connected to an anti-corruption agency. Initially, he believed the DSS was working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, but he later realised it involved the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
“It turned out that it’s the ICPC that procured the DSS to abduct me and hand me over to them. The ICPC has never invited me.
“We now understand that it’s the ICPC, not the EFCC, that’s responsible for what happened today, and the ICPC chairman is acting on the direct orders of Nuhu Ribadu,” El-Rufai said.
Reacting to the development, Atiku expressed sympathy for the former governor and called for stronger collaboration among opposition leaders ahead of the next general election.
“We must come together and form a very viable opposition because Tinubu is determined to turn Nigeria into a one-party state,” Atiku said.
