‘’The continued imprisonment of outspoken politician and Tinubu critic shines a spotlight on ‘lawfare’ in Nigeria, writes El-Rufai’s wife. ‘For 150 days, Nasir El-Rufai has been detained. Nigeria’s partners must speak up.’ Nigeria’s friends must understand that this case is larger than Nasir @elrufai. It is about whether a citizen can fall out with power and still be protected by law. It is about whether courts will be places of justice or theatres of intimidation.”
Written by courageous mother, Aunty @AsiaAhmad El-Rufai. https://t.co/3zo1M7OVqu
I am pleased to announce the @katsinaLGC fully funded local scholarship scheme targeting 200 students to study at Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic and Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management.
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Technology is not the goal. Better lives are.
Under the leadership of His Excellency, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, we were in China engaging global leaders like Huawei and Geely to build the partnerships that will accelerate the Building Your Future agenda.
Every conversation is about one thing: bringing practical solutions back to Katsina. 🇳🇬🇨🇳
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Social Protection Capacity-Building Workshop continued today with MDA presentations, interactive question-and-answer sessions, experience sharing, practical activity entry, budget upload, financial tracking modules, and the Social Protection Strategic Implementation Framework.
Press Statement: I have been informed of the continued detention of Al Amin Sanusi Maikudi (the younger brother of Ibrahim Sanusi Modibbo, @Mod33333), a young medical doctor who was reportedly arrested after participating in a humanitarian outreach focused on promoting menstrual hygiene among young girls in Kaduna Polytechnic and Kaduna State University. Dr. Al Amin recently graduated from Kaduna State University, KASU and is an asset to the community excellent people of Kaduna North Federal Constituency.
This unfortunate development has also disrupted a humanitarian initiative intended to provide menstrual hygiene support to many young girls across Kaduna. It is deeply unfortunate that a programme designed to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable girls has been hampered in this manner. Playing politics with the welfare of young girls is unacceptable and should be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians.
Every Nigerian, regardless of the circumstances, is entitled to the protections guaranteed by the Constitution. I therefore call on the relevant authorities to respect his fundamental human rights, uphold the rule of law, and ensure that due process is followed without exception.
If there is a lawful basis for his detention, it should be made clear and handled in accordance with the law. If not, he should be released immediately. The protection of human rights is not optional, it is a constitutional obligation. Justice must always prevail over arbitrariness.
Signed
Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai
Member.
Kaduna North Federal Constituency
Chairman, Committee on Banking Regulations.
July 13, 2026.
Official Statement Regarding the Unjust Arrest of My Brother, a KASU Medical Student Who Graduated Last Week, Following the "Pad Her Up" Charity Drive for Atiku/Amaechi with KASU Students
For Immediate Release
It is with a profound sense of outrage and deep concern that I issue this statement regarding the sudden and unwarranted arrest of my brother, a young medical graduate, shortly after his selfless participation in the "Pad Her Up for Atiku/Amaechi" drive an initiative organized by me under the El-Rufai Boys movement in partnership with the Muhaska Youth Movement.
The "Pad Her Up" campaign was conceived purely as a humanitarian effort aimed at combating period poverty and providing essential sanitary products to young women in need. It also aimed to sensitize them on hygiene, the importance of possessing a PVC, becoming politically aware, and always striving to exercise their civic rights and duties. It is a noble cause driven by compassion, public health advocacy, national patriotism, and community service. For a medical graduate who has dedicated years to training as a healer and caregiver to be targeted and arrested immediately after contributing to such a vital charity drive is not only shocking but a grave injustice.
Key Points to Clarify:
Precedent of Political Youth Groups: This is not the first time politically affiliated youth groups have held events in public educational institutions. Even our counterparts in the APC recently held events in schools across Kafanchan, KASU, and the Polytechnic. Why, then, is our own event a problem?
Lawful and Orderly Conduct: The walk, which commenced along Essence Junction, was entirely lawful and peaceful. It was even graced and secured by police vehicles, the Road Safety corps, and the Red Cross.
A Humanitarian Act: The initiative was entirely focused on menstrual hygiene and supporting vulnerable women. It was not an illegal gathering or a threat to public safety.
Unwarranted Intimidation: The timing of this arrest strongly suggests political intimidation, targeting an individual who was simply looking to make a positive social impact.
A Threat to Civic Engagement: When young professionals and volunteers are criminalized for participating in charity work, it sends a chilling message to the entire society.
We demand immediate clarity from the relevant law enforcement agencies regarding the specific charges and the rationale behind this arrest. Civic advocacy and humanitarian outreach are not crimes.
I call upon all well-meaning citizens, human rights advocates, and the medical community to join me in demanding the immediate and unconditional release of this medical graduate. We will not stay silent while those who seek to heal and help our communities are unjustly penalized.
Signed,
Sufi Ibrahim Modibbo Sanusi
Convener, El-Rufai Boys
Co-Founder, ADC Youth Wing
@mareeyama@IU_Wakilii@jrnaib2@dadeen__@ishakaa@ADCVanguard_@NuhuSada0@HAHayatu@AyshaHamman@ComradeAI
Press Statement: 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, @BolajiADC National Publicity Secretary African Democratic Congress (ADC)