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El-Rufai’s message to Nigerian youths is simple, direct, and urgent: if politics shapes everything around you, then staying away from politics is surrendering your future to people who may not care about you.
That is why his continued detention must worry every young Nigerian, whether you like him or not.
Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has always been a controversial figure, but one thing cannot be denied: he understands power, governance, institutions, public policy, and the importance of youth involvement in shaping society. His message to Nigerians in their late 20s and 30s carries truth. Politics decides the quality of your schools. Politics decides whether you get jobs. Politics decides the value of your salary. Politics decides whether your business survives. Politics decides whether your community is safe. Politics decides whether your passport has dignity. Politics decides whether your vote matters.
So when a leader who tells young people to get involved in politics is held in prolonged detention, the question becomes bigger than one man. It becomes a test of Nigeria’s democracy.
If the government has a case against El-Rufai, let it charge him openly before a competent court. Let evidence be presented. Let due process speak. But detention without transparent legal action only strengthens the fear that state power is being used to silence political voices.
President Tinubu must understand this: democracy is not protected by detaining opponents. It is protected by the rule of law.
No citizen should be kept in custody endlessly because those in power are uncomfortable with his politics. No democracy should normalise selective justice. No government should treat constitutional rights like a favour to be granted only to loyalists.
El-Rufai’s message to the youth is exactly why his release matters. Young Nigerians must learn that politics is not a dirty game to avoid. It is the arena where their destiny is negotiated. But what lesson is this government teaching them when political participation begins to look like a path to intimidation?
We demand fairness. We demand transparency. We demand due process. We demand the immediate release of Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, or his proper arraignment before a court of law.
Nigeria belongs to all citizens, not only those who praise the government.
And if politics forms everything, then justice must form the foundation of politics.