Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged plans by security operatives to arrest his elder brother, Bashir, if he had stepped foot in Nigeria for their mother’s burial.
El-Rufai claimed that the plot was to arrest Bashir and get
him to negotiate.
Speaking in a video, the chieftain of the African Democratic
Congress, ADC, disclosed that Bashir had to miss their mother’s burial in a bid
to evade arrest.
According to El-Rufai: “My elder brother Bashir El-Rufai
couldn’t make it because we learned that there is a plan to arrest him because
they believe if they get him, I will negotiate.”
El-Rufai’s biological mother, Hajiya
Umma El-Rufai, died in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday and flown back to Abuja where
she was buried on Sunday.
Her death came at a time when El-Rufai was arrested and
detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission, ICPC, following allegations of corruption and money laundering.
The former governor was arraigned before a Federal High
Court in Kaduna on March 24 on a 10-count charge, with the case adjourned until
March 31, 2026, for hearing of pending applications, including his bail
request.
He was, however, granted release from ICPC custody to attend
his mother’s burial.
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