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Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, of ordering arrests without proper investigation.
Speaking during a chat with DCL Hausa, El-Rufai alleged “Nuhu Ribadu just picks his phone and calls any security outfit to arrest anybody without any form of investigation.”
El-Rufai stressed “I am not saying President Tinubu makes the call.”
According to him, “It is not the NSA’s job to call EFCC, directing them to arrest this person or that. His job is to advise the President on security issues.
“If he sees a person that is a threat to security, his job is to draw the attention of the President, and he would order an investigation.”
The former governor also alleged that Ribadu interferes in judicial matters by influencing bail decisions.
He claimed the NSA asks judges not to grant bail to suspects who, according to him, were not properly investigated in the first place.
“I feel ashamed when I remember he was once my friend,” El-Rufai said.
“Nobody is as wicked as Nuhu Ribadu in Tinubu’s administration.”
El-Rufai also referred to the reported arrest of former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Kaduna State.
“He is lying, they have not stopped. Even last week, they arrested Bashir Jamoh. What did he do?” El-Rufai asked.
He claimed Jamoh remains in detention, which he said goes against the Nigerian Constitution that requires any arrested person to be charged to court within 48 hours.
El-Rufai further expressed fear that he could be arrested soon as well.
