‘They plan to arrest my brother, get me to negotiate’ – El-Rufai

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged plans by information operatives to apprehension his elder brother, Bashir, if helium had stepped ft successful Nigeria for their mother’s burial.

El-Rufai claimed that the crippled was to apprehension Bashir and get him to negotiate.

Speaking successful a video, the chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, disclosed that Bashir had to miss their mother’s burial successful a bid to evade arrest.

According to El-Rufai: “My elder member Bashir El-Rufai couldn’t marque it due to the fact that we learned that determination is simply a program to apprehension him due to the fact that they judge if they get him, I volition negotiate.”

DAILY POST reports that El-Rufai’s biologic mother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai, died successful Cairo, Egypt, connected Friday and flown backmost to Abuja wherever she was buried connected Sunday.

Her decease came astatine a clip erstwhile El-Rufai was arrested and detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, pursuing allegations of corruption and wealth laundering.

The erstwhile politician was arraigned earlier a Federal High Court successful Kaduna connected March 24 connected a 10-count charge, with the lawsuit adjourned until March 31, 2026, for proceeding of pending appli...