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Press Release: In response to our family’s challenge to its overreach, the ICPC has issued a statement of which no law enforcement agency can be proud if indeed it is committed to upholding citizens’ fundamental rights, the laws of Nigeria and the Constitution under which those fundamental rights are enshrined.
Let it be on record that the family and supporters of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai have no reason to treat government agencies as infallible masters of the universe. The actions of agencies of the Executive Branch are not beyond scrutiny and criticism, the more so when the heads of those agencies have succumbed to undue influence and become tools of political scheming, rather than law enforcement.
The ICPC statement was unable to deny that it prevented Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s doctor seeing him on Friday, 15 May 2026. Neither was it able to state that it did not prevent delivery of dinner by his wife later that same evening. Indeed, it cannot deny
The ICPC is aware of court orders granting Mallam access to his family, lawyers and doctors. Yet, this same agency is employing what it calls ‘protocols’ to vitiate these orders of court and render them to be practically of no effect. Otherwise, why is the ICPC placing obstacles in the way of a doctor already identified by Mallam as his physician? While we respect internal administrative procedures, we must protest when those protocols become tools for waging a subtle psychological war on our family or for brazen violations of court orders.
It is obvious to every observer that the ICPC seeks to inflict on Mallam Nasir El-Rufai every act of torture it can conjure as part of the coordinated effort to break him. The duty of the ICPC to secure someone in their custody is not the same thing as treating that person as having even fewer rights than a convict. In what way did preventing the delivery of his dinner amount to securing him, more so considering the rather puerile reason given by the ICPC, that the dinner arrived 30 minutes late. What the ICPC did not say was that this dinner arrived later than usual because the wife who brought the dinner at 7pm had been with Mallam’s medical doctor all through his 2-hour ordeal of delay (3pm - 5pm) earlier that same day. The ICPC knew this, since they caused the delay and should equally have known that it would be physically impossible to prepare dinner and be back at ICPC by 6:30pm.
It is common knowledge that the most egregious affronts to human dignity, life and liberty have been dressed up as ‘protocols’ or ‘rules’, when they are nothing but the thinnest veneers of legality, unlawfully deployed in a most brazen assault on the rule of law. Mallam has been in custody for over 90 days now and has been charged, in multiple courts in Kaduna State and the FCT, with offences that are unquestionably bailable.
Our immediate focus is on securing Mallam’s freedom. While Mallam remains in custody, we urge the ICPC to respect his rights, obey court orders and stop deploying ‘protocols’ as instruments for magnifying the inconveniences of detention. Our family cannot be expected to meekly accept the violation of the rights of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
Signed on behalf of the family.
Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai
Member.
Kaduna North Federal Constituency
Chairman, Committee on Banking Regulations.
May 19, 2026.
E no go ever better for anybody wey get hand for the long, wicked detention of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Whether now or later, dem go face the consequences of wetin dem do.😔
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Press Release: El-Rufai issues public alert. Malam Nasir El-Rufai wishes to alert the public to certain malicious orchestrations directed against him. The unwarranted effort to arrest him upon his arrival at Abuja Airport from Cairo on 12 February 2026 served as a clear signal of more troubling developments to follow. On 16 February 2026, Malam El-Rufai honoured an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was detained, then transferred to the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on the night of 18 February. He remains in detention and has been arraigned in two separate high courts.
On 18 April 2026, The Nation newspaper published a report headlined “El-Rufai’s trial: Gunmen invade principal witness home.” The article stated that Mohammed Umar Karage, a witness in the criminal proceedings at the Kaduna State High Court, had reported to the police that armed individuals had invaded his residence. While it is the civic duty of every citizen to report crimes to the authorities, it is an entirely different matter to publish false imputations against others.
The Nation proceeded to do precisely that by including innuendos suggestive of a plot to frame Malam Nasir El-Rufai. According to the report, Mr. Karage linked the incident to his role as a witness in the corruption charges against El-Rufai—specifically one of the nine counts involving the alleged unlawful revocation and reallocation of land. The article further quoted Mr. Karage as alleging that the invasion might be part of an effort to silence him, drawing parallels with the controversial disappearance of Kaduna-based activist Abubakar Idris Dadiyata.
Any objective reader would recognise the clear intent behind these statements: to smear Malam Nasir El-Rufai’s reputation, jeopardise his pending bail application at the Kaduna State High Court, and implicate him in serious capital offences. The evident objective is to secure his indefinite detention through these reprehensible tactics. Such conduct is unacceptable, particularly toward a citizen who has made substantial contributions to our country.
Malam Nasir El-Rufai is an upstanding and law-abiding citizen who has no connection whatsoever to the incidents described in The Nation’s publication. Therefore, he has already instructed his legal team to initiate defamation proceedings in this matter.
Since 2023, Malam El-Rufai has been subjected to an appalling and sustained campaign of innuendos and vilification. This is a man with a distinguished record of public service. Many will recall his sterling service to the cause of national unity through his principled opposition to opportunism, alongside other senior leaders, during the events leading to the 2022 primaries of the ruling party and thereafter.
The rule of law must never be perverted into a tool of oppression. Legal processes should serve the ends of justice, not be employed to deny a citizen his fundamental right to liberty while he stands trial. Malam Nasir El-Rufai should be accorded full due process guaranteed by law to every citizen, and the persistent disregard for his rights must cease immediately.
Signed
Muyiwa Adekeye
Media Adviser to Malam Nasir El-Rufai
19 April 2026
Malam ana aure a arewa, mu da ke asibiti muna ganin abubuwa Kala Kala.
Akwai his hisabi qiyama wallahi, amma maza Sai mun ji tsoron Allah cikin lamarin matayenmu.
In kanada diya mace ka tabbatar tana da ilimi da neman nata na kanta kafin ka aurar da ita.
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Despite earlier reports informing you about the harassment faced by Muslim candidates over the wearing of the hijab during JAMB examinations, no effective action has been taken, and the situation appears to be ongoing. It should be clearly understood, as we have previously stated, that the hijab is not a form of fashion or cultural display, but a religious obligation in Islam.
We therefore call on you, in the strongest terms, to urgently put an end to any form of discrimination or harassment against Muslim candidates in matters that are central to their faith. Are you expecting them to appear in examination halls without proper covering or to expose parts of their bodies? In our religion, this is not permissible, and we will not comply with such requirements.
We strongly urge that all forms of harassment or discrimination against Muslim women for wearing the hijab be stopped immediately.
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