ICPC forcing me to cease from all political activities – El-Rufai claims

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) attempted to compel him to retreat from governmental activities arsenic a information for his merchandise from detention.

The allegation was contained successful a 30-page transgression ailment filed by El-Rufai earlier a tribunal against the ICPC chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu, and 4 different officials of the anti-corruption agency.

According to the filing, El-Rufai claimed that officers of the committee informed him during his detention that helium would lone regain his state if helium stopped participating successful politics.

The assertion was outlined successful Paragraph 12 of the complaint, wherever the erstwhile politician alleged that ICPC officers, said to beryllium acting connected the authorization of the commission’s chairman, told him that his merchandise was conditional connected ceasing each governmental activities.

El-Rufai argued that specified a request amounted to an effort to compel him to wantonness his law rights.

The allegation was further elaborate successful the affidavit supporting the complaint, peculiarly successful Paragraphs 22 to 24, wherever his counsel stated that the erstwhile politician was repeatedly told that continued governmental enactment could prolong his detention and that lone a committedness to retreat from authorities would unafraid his release.

The allegation forms the ground o...