Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has warned that Nigeria must learn to stop disregarding the rule of law.
Recall that security agents on Thursday attempted to arrest
El-Rufai upon his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja,
from Cairo, Egypt.
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, reportedly seized the former governor’s international
passport.
Reacting, El-Rufai’s counsel, Ubong Esop Akpan, who demanded
immediate return of the passport, threatened legal action against those
involved in the operation.
The counsel demanded the “immediate and unconditional
cessation of all unlawful efforts to detain El-Rufai, the immediate return of
his stolen passport, and a formal apology for this egregious infringement on
his dignity and rights.”
Similarly, in a post on his X handle, El-Rufai described the
attempted arrest as illegal, stating that the country must outgrow “deliberate
disregard for the rule of law.
He wrote, “My lawyers have issued a statement that condemns
the illegal attempt to arrest me today at the Abuja airport upon my arrival
from Cairo.
“Our country must outgrow executive overreach and deliberate
disregard for the rule of law.”
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