‘Nationwide Embarrassment’ — Atiku Faults Tried Arrest of El-Rufai

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the tried arrest of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, describing the incident as a nationwide embarrassment.

Atiku made the comment on Thursday throughout a solidarity go to to El-Rufai at his residence in Abuja.

Politics Nigeria earlier reported that operatives of the Division of State Providers (DSS) allegedly tried to arrest El-Rufai, a growth that has triggered reactions from varied quarters.

The go to adopted an incident on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, Abuja, the place operatives reportedly tried to detain El-Rufai shortly after he arrived from Cairo, Egypt, aboard an EgyptAir flight.

Former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, had earlier paid an analogous solidarity go to to the previous governor.

Talking in the course of the go to, Atiku stated Nigeria is ruled by the rule of regulation and that there was no justification for the way by which El-Rufai was handled.

“They might have allowed you to return house after which invited you if essential. You might have held excessive public workplaces, as a minister and as a governor and discharged your duties efficiently.

“There was no have to embarrass you, as a result of by doing so, they embarrass your entire society. We are going to stand by you and each law-abiding citizen of Nigeria,” he stated.