Political persecution – El-Rufai’s lawyer slams ICPC over Egypt property claims

Ubong Esop Akpan, counsel to erstwhile Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, of engaging successful governmental persecution.

Akpan’s comments followed reports that the erstwhile politician owns multi-billion-naira properties successful Egypt.

In a connection issued successful Abuja connected Monday, El-Rufai’s lawyer, Akpan described the allegations arsenic “baseless anonymous leaks” aimed astatine justifying what helium called the unlawful detention of his client.

According to the lawyer, the claims circulating successful sections of the media trust connected unnamed sources and deficiency verifiable evidence.

He argued that the reports signifier portion of a coordinated smear run designed to discredit the erstwhile politician and make nationalist enactment for his continued detention.

Akpan said El-Rufai has been successful custody since the nighttime of February 18, 2026, aft operatives allegedly acting nether the absorption of the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, took him from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

He explained that the erstwhile politician had volu...