Ibrahim Gaya

Urban Planner| Designer | Environmentalist | Disaster Expert | A.B.U Zaria Alumnus.

[Salihu Umar @Necessary_Cho]

Salihu kana da kokarin bin hanyar nan akai akai. Allah ya kara tsarewa, Ameen Ameen.

[El-Rufai Live @ElRufai_Live]

SHOCKING DOUBLE STANDARD: While Politicians Facing Multi-Billion Naira Allegations Contest Elections Under APC, Mallam El-Rufai Remains in Detention After 150 Days

This is no longer just about one man. It is about the credibility of Nigeria’s justice system. Nigerians have watched politicians facing allegations involving billions of naira secure bail, regain their freedom, participate openly in politics, and even emerge as candidates for elective office. Yet Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who has not been convicted of any offence, remains in detention after 150 days under bail conditions that many observers consider excessively restrictive. The contrast continues to fuel public debate about fairness, consistency, and equal treatment before the law.

The contradiction is difficult to ignore. El-Rufai did not evade the authorities. He voluntarily returned to Nigeria and submitted himself to the legal process. He has appeared before the courts and complied with lawful procedures. Yet, instead of a timely resolution, his case has become a prolonged legal ordeal. Justice delayed is not only justice denied; it also weakens public confidence in the institutions entrusted with upholding the rule of law.

At the same time, Nigerians have seen public figures facing allegations involving far larger sums continue to enjoy their liberty and pursue political ambitions. When justice appears to operate with different standards for different people, citizens naturally begin to ask whether the law is being applied equally or selectively. The rule of law derives its strength from consistency, not convenience.

El-Rufai is widely known for the difficult reforms he pursued as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and later as Governor of Kaduna State. Throughout his public service, he earned a reputation for confronting entrenched interests and making decisions that were often politically costly. Whether one agreed with every policy or not, few would deny that he governed with conviction rather than convenience. Today, many of his supporters believe those same qualities have made him a target of political persecution.

The consequences of this prolonged detention extend beyond one individual. Every additional day without a clear resolution raises deeper concerns about due process, judicial independence, and the future of democratic opposition in Nigeria. If legal processes are perceived as instruments for weakening political opponents rather than impartial mechanisms for determining guilt or innocence, public trust in the justice system inevitably suffers. That is a loss no democracy can afford.

History has shown that persecution often produces the opposite of its intended effect. Instead of silencing conviction, it strengthens solidarity. Instead of weakening a movement, it inspires more citizens to ask difficult questions and demand accountability from those in positions of authority. Across Nigeria and beyond, more voices continue to call for fairness, constitutionalism, and equal justice under the law.

Our position remains unchanged. If there is credible evidence against Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, let it be presented openly before a competent court and determined without delay. If not, then justice demands that this prolonged ordeal should come to an end. The law must never become an instrument of punishment before conviction, nor should constitutional rights depend on political affiliation.

We will not back down. We will not be intimidated. We will continue to stand for justice, due process, and the constitutional rights of every Nigerian.

The Movement is Rising.

#FreeElRufai
#JusticeForAll
#TheMovementIsRising

@elrufai @Hassan_Rilwan @_Bils @SafeeyanM @mareeyama @ishakaa @Aashfinn2 @Aashfinn @B_ELRUFAI @dadeen @AM_Saleeeem @DokunOjomo @underworld_09 @MusaUngogo_ @ADCVanguard_ @Abdool85 @muktarbaloni @ADCNig @Mod33333 @JafaruSani01 @Aadamxy @Bashir_GS @KHALYD16 @Pharmacio001 @HAHayatu @BashirElRufai @uchediala @HafizBayero @Zayyad_Tsiga

[Ibrahim Modibbo Sanusi Maikudi 🇵🇸 @Mod33333]

150 DAYS IN DETENTION: TRUTH CANNOT BE LOCKED UP.
They accused Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai because they fear him. Uba Sani and the APC elite know his influence.
We are working day and night to ensure justice.
Our weapon is our vote.
Prepare for 2027.
Vote APC, Uba Sani, and PBAT OUT!

[$ULTAN☠️𝕏 @Sarki_sultan]

Allah yasa mu dace.

[Fejiro Oliver @fejirooliver86]

The biggest jokers in Nigeria is the judiciary

Ahmed Adamu Dikko, immediate past Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd (PHRC) directly made cash payment of the dollar equivalent of the sum of N218,375,000.00 to one Hadeija Bashir for the purchase of Plot 558, Abubakar Umar Street, Katampe Extension, Abuja without passing through a financial Institution.

Again he disguised the origin of the sum of N328,710,337.50 (Three Hundred and Twenty Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Ten Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty Seven Naira, Fifty Kobo) paid into the GTBank Account Plc No. 0123201507 operated by Masterpiece Projects & Investment Limited by OMSA Integrated Services Limited from the transactions involving NNPC Limited allocation of Vacuum Gas Oil for export

Against, between October, 2022 and May, 2025 he converted the sum of $77,080 through Ibrahim Isa Yaro which lawful earnings as a former public officer with the NNPC.

He was charged to court yesterday

And what did the judge do?

Instead of sending him to prison, imposing on him billions as part of his bail conditions, he only gave him bail of N150,000,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) with a surety who must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court and with a landed property valued at not less than the bail sum.

He directed that he should be with the EFCC pending when the surety of ordinary N150M comes, something that will take 10 minutes for him to perfect.

No international passport deposited in court, no billions as surety but a compensation for stealing but when they see journalists and activists and citizens criticizing government, they wear that ancient wig and ask for international passport and ridiculous bail conditions.

May God kill all corrupt Nigerian judges, give them sickness that the bribe money cannot cure

[Bolaji Abdullahi @BolajiADC]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply alarmed by reports that today, officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) forcefully denied Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai access to medical care, arrested his personal physician and physically assaulted his wife.

Information reaching us is that El-Rufai was billed for treatment at the National Hospital in Abuja today. But against the hospital's advice that he would require hospitalisation in view of his failing health, officials of the ICPC insisted on returning him into custody. Protests by his personal physician and his wife led to scuffles during which his wife was assaulted and the doctor subsequently arrested.

The actions of the ICPC and the Tinubu government have for months now gone beyond the realm of law enforcement.

Their actions have become an assault on the Constitution of 200 million Nigerians, on human dignity, and on the most basic principles of justice and human rights.

The world should know today that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is holding a political prisoner in Nigeria by the name of Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai.

No democratic government that claims to respect the rule of law should deny a detainee access to medical care or prevent close family members from seeing him in flagrant disobedience of the courts, which granted him unfettered access to his lawyers, physician and family members.

Such conduct belongs to authoritarian regimes that use state institutions to break political opponents rather than to uphold justice.

This is no longer about Mallam El-Rufai alone. It is about whether Nigeria remains a constitutional democracy or has descended into a republic where law enforcement agencies have become instruments of political persecution.

As we have said since this treatment of Mallam El-Rufai began: “Today it is El-Rufai. Tomorrow it could be any Nigerian whose only offence is to disagree with those who wield power.”

The ICPC owes Nigerians immediate explanations. On whose authority was access to his family denied? Why has access to his doctor been refused despite concerns about his health? What legal basis exists for these actions? Why were El-Rufai’s wife and doctor assaulted by the ICPC operatives?

President Tinubu cannot continue to hide behind anti-corruption agencies while pretending that these actions are independent of his administration.

Under our Constitution, the buck stops with the President. Every day that Mallam El-Rufai remains in custody under these circumstances is another day that Bola Tinubu keeps criminalising political opposition instead of confronting the grave crises of insecurity, unemployment, inflation, and hunger confronting millions of Nigerians.

The ADC therefore demands the following:

1. Immediate and unrestricted access for Mallam El-Rufai to his wife, children, legal team, and personal medical practitioners.

2. An urgent review of the punitive and disproportionate bail conditions imposed on Mallam El-Rufai, with a view to ensuring that they conform with the Constitution and the fundamental principle that bail is intended to secure attendance at trial, not to inflict punishment before conviction.

3. An immediate end to the harsh, degrading and unnecessarily restrictive conditions under which he is being held and supervised, and his release from what has become a regime of political persecution masquerading as lawful process.

4. Full compliance with all constitutional guarantees and internationally recognised standards governing the treatment of persons in custody.

5. Complete transparency from the ICPC regarding the legal and factual basis for every restriction imposed on him.

6. An immediate end to the use of state institutions as instruments of political intimidation, vendetta and selective justice.

Signed:

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
National Publicity Secretary
African Democratic Congress (ADC)

[uche diala @uchediala]

#Nigeria's democracy is sliding into dangerous territory. An open letter to the country's president lays it bare: the persecution of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is not justice - it's lawfare and political vendetta. Restore due process, fairness and transparency.

Read the full letter:

https://t.co/3CNg3ZYDA5

@VanguardAfrica @daily_trust @THISDAYLIVE @MobilePunch

[Queen Bee 👑 🐝 @RealQueenBee__]

Hey everyone, Bayo Onanuga told you the Tinubu government didn't know about that agency.

But way back in 2015, they were already using it to funnel money through fake projects, overseas training, and events worldwide.

It was a total free-for-all for them. Just imagine something, write a memo, and the money's approved and split among them. This isn't the only agency like this; there are tons more.

The Chief of Staff, SGF, CBN, NASS Leadership, and others all have their own agencies that give them monthly kickbacks.

This is just the beginning... I hope your notification bell is ON.

You've got to help make sure corruption is totally wiped out in Nigeria, and you can do your part by sharing this post so 500k Nigerians see it.

Let's go...

[Assab Aichatou Djibril @AAD_EL_Rufai]

Today exactly 138Days @elrufai in Detention.

"The worst form of injustice is pretended justice." @ecowas_cedeao @UN_HRC @amnestyusa @FranceONUGeneve @EUCouncil @Mediapart @realDonaldTrump @EmmanuelMacron @amnesty #freeElrufai

Allah yasa muci Jarabawan. Amin Ya Hayyu ya Qayyum 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[ArC_ATk 🦅 @atkjnr]

Justice delayed is justice denied, The tyranny government of Apc has been unlawfully detaining Nasir El-Rufai for more than four months this unfortunate act undermines the rule of law and the right to his personal liberty,
I look at elrufai’s illegal detention as a politically

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

79,384 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2024 alone.

This week, we brought to the attention of Members of Congress and the Trump Administration reports that Nigerian President Tinubu (@officialABAT) is seeking a meeting with President @realDonaldTrump and the drug trafficking allegations against President #Tinubu that reportedly were so troubling that the @WhiteHouse under President @JoeBiden refused requests for President Tinubu to officially meet with then-President Biden at the White House.

According to U.S. court records, including United States v. Funds in Account No. 263226700, et al., No. 93 C 4483 (N.D. Ill.), the United States (@TheJusticeDept) alleged that funds linked to accounts associated with #Tinubu were proceeds of heroin trafficking and were subject to civil forfeiture.

In an ongoing case, Greenspan v. Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, et al., Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-01816 (D.D.C.), a FOIA lawsuit is seeking the release of additional @FBI, #DEA, IRS, and other federal records relating to President #Tinubu's alleged drug trafficking links.

One takeaway from our discussion is that many in Congress are unaware of the drug trafficking allegations. Our objective now is to ensure that President #Trump is not placed in a compromising position and that decisions affecting U.S. foreign policy are made with full knowledge of the publicly available record. More to follow.

@HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign
@SenateForeign @SFRCdems @StateDept @AsstSecStateAF @SecRubio @JDVance @SusieWiles47 @SpeakerJohnson @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks
@RepRileyMoore @washingtonpost @nytimes @washexaminer @politico @foxnewspolitics @CNNAfrica @BBCAfrica @ReutersAfrica @AFP @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP @SenateDems

[Elrufai Boys Movement @ElrufaiBoys]

WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? 🇳🇬⚖️

The 1999 Constitution (Section 34) guarantees every Nigerian the right to the dignity of the human person. No torture. No inhuman treatment.

But the @icpcnigeria has chosen to act like they are above the law.

Mallam Nasir @elrufai is SICK. His personal physician, Professor Abubakar Bello, was brought to attend to him — and was denied access for over two hours.

A court order granted El-Rufai unfettered access to his doctors, lawyers, and family.

It has been ignored. Repeatedly.

This is not justice. This is not accountability.

This is persecution. Plain and simple.

A man who governed Kaduna with transparency, built institutions, and attracted global investment — is now being treated worse than a convicted criminal.

And for what?

Because he refused to bow?

Because he refused to be silenced?

We are tired of watching.

We are tired of the hypocrisy.

The Constitution means nothing if it cannot protect a citizen's health and dignity.

@UN_HRC @EUCouncil @FranceONUGeneve @ecowas_cedeao @amnestyusa @realDonaldTrump @EmmanuelMacron @IntlCrimCourt

WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?

We are watching. God is watching.

El-Rufai Boys stand with our leader. And we will not shut up.

#FreeElRufai #JusticeForElRufai #ICPC #Section34 #ElRufaiBoys #HumanRights #Nigeria

[uche diala @uchediala]

WHAT DOES THE ICPC WANT?

In the attached video is Professor Abubakar Bello, the personal physician to Mallam Nasir @elrufai stating that he waited for over 2 hours to see his patient who requested to see him, but he wasn't allowed to see him.

This is inspite of the fact that the court gave express orders that he (Mallam) should be allowed unfettered access to his doctors, lawyers and family. Unfortunately, this is not the first time such is happening.

In addition to this, when one looks at the exuberance and vehemence with which the @icpcnigeria is opposing his bail at the Kaduna State High Court (for clearly bailable charges) and the commission’s apparent obsession with keeping him in its custody, one cannot help but ask: WHAT DOES THE ICPC REALLY WANT FROM MALLAM NASIR EL-RUFAI?

This is a man who has not been convicted of any crime. Our Constitution clearly states that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and that includes citizen Nasir El-Rufai. So, why this rabid and unmasked cruelty?

Is this really about accountability or is there something else - deeper and sinister - that Nigerians do not know about? One does not need to know or like El-Rufai to see this and call it out for what it is. Being human is enough.

It is really unfortunate that this is happening in Nigeria, under a democratic government, in the 21st century, but we are watching and most importantly, God is watching.

©️ Uche Diala

@VanguardAfrica @AAD_EL_Rufai @ADCNig @BolajiADC @NhrcNigeria @ishakaa @Laurestar @NigBarAssoc @amnesty

[Bakatsine @DanKatsina50]

BREAKING: This afternoon, Alhaji Inusa, a local farmer and owner of a cassava processing machine, was reportedly killed on his farm near Hayin Malam village in Kidandan ward, Giwa LGA of Kaduna State.

Residents are mourning his death, describing him as a respected member of the community. Prayers have been offered for Allah to grant him mercy and accept him among the righteous.

The incident has renewed concerns over insecurity in the area, with community members calling for those responsible and anyone supporting them to be held accountable.

[Abdullahi Yaro @abdullahiyaro15]

If a former Governor & Minister can be treated this unjustly, what about you, the ordinary citizen?

Injustice is injustice, even if you dislike the person. Today it’s El-Rufai. Tomorrow it could be you.

Stand for truth. Stand for justice. #FreeElRufai

[CrownprinceCom2 @CrownprinceCom2]

“The Presidency can only refer Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as the other individual, to the ICPC because allegations of fraud and corruption have been raised.”
“The government will have to explain to Nigerians how a whopping sum of N24bn was budgeted for an unknown agency, as well as how that agency had accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria.”

— Femi Falana, SAN SAYs

[𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. @Realoilsheikh]

Dear Gov. Delta State @RtHonSheriff,

I m bringing to your notice an alleged attack on a Muslim community in your state. You're known for upholding justice & for a lot of us that know Delta State before you and now, we know you're one of the best performing governors in Nigeria.

We are bringing to your attention a rather sad event where a Mosque in Oghara was allegedly burnt/destroyed by hoodlums on the excuse that some unknown persons were involved in kidnapping, and as such the Muslims have to suffer for it. On what basis is this animal behaviour acceptable? This remains unacceptable to all Muslims & every peace loving Nigerian. The Mosque & the businesses around it have all been burnt and/or destroyed. This action is a recipe for disaster & calls for a sudden action.

The government should bring the perpetrators to justice, and they must be made to use their own resources to erect a. Re Mosque in that location & pay for all the properties they have damaged.

May Allah calm the frayed nerves of all those who have lost their properties, and curse all the kidnappers & their allies, including those animals taking laws into their hands.

@NigeriaGov @PoliceNG

[Mr. El-Bonga @el_bonga]

If you believe one random man single-handedly opened a “fake” office,eluded officials, misled the Accountant General and the CBN, got budgetary allocations and even defended it at NASS, operated from the “office” still undetected, please go back to your school and collect refund.

[Mal. Imran U. Wakili (PULLO) 👑 #iSTANDWITHELRUFAI @IU_Wakilii]

I don’t blame you guys; I blame us.

The fact that you people believe we are stupid enough to believe that a man created an agency on his own, gave himself an office in the federal secretariat on his own, created a CBN account on his own, submitted a budget, and got billions from that budget when the Ministry of Health received 36 million all on his own is what I find really, really annoying.

I hate what you guys are trying to sell to us.

[𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨 @Abdulherphyz]

-Account in CBN✅
-300+ staff✅
-Office at Federal Secretariat✅
-Budget Office recognition✅
-NASS(Senate & HoR)recognition✅
-EFCC Collaboration✅
-Hosting Foreign investors✅
-Assigned Police orderly✅
-Federation Head of Service recognition✅

If he manages to fool all the above, maybe we've got the most clueless and unintelligent people leading us.

There's no way to spin this and not make an absolute fool of yourself, it's embarrassing to even say he did this unchallenged. #GbajaGate