JUST IN: “They’re Planning to Arrest Me” – El-Rufai raises Alarm

Former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Authorities could also be planning to arrest him.

El-Rufai, now a chieftain of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), additionally claimed that political stress is being mounted on some politicians to both defect to the ruling APC or stay inside the occasion.

He made the allegations throughout an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday.

The previous governor, who has not too long ago intensified his criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration and the APC, the platform underneath which he ruled Kaduna State for eight years, stated though he has not been arrested, a number of of his shut associates have been detained.

“4 individuals we labored with in Kaduna have been arrested; so it’s solely a matter of time earlier than they arrive for me too,” El-Rufai stated.

His remarks come amid the arrest and ongoing trial of former Legal professional-Normal of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who stays in custody.

The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) has accused Malami of offences together with abuse of workplace and cash laundering. Authorities later rearrested him over alleged involvement in terrorism financing.

Malami, thought-about a outstanding determine within the opposition to President Tinubu, has denied the allegations, describing them as a political witch-hunt following his defection from the APC to the ADC.