El-Rufai now political prisoner – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

Former presidential adviser, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has
criticized the continued detention of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir
El-Rufai, describing him as a political prisoner.

In a post shared on his X account, Baba-Ahmed said the
situation surrounding El-Rufai’s detention had grown beyond the state’s
determination to keep him in custody without a trial or conviction.

He argued that the development was damaging public
confidence in the rule of law and undermining accepted standards of justice and
fairness.

“Nasir el-Rufai’s saga is assuming a character far bigger
than the determined insistence by the State that he must remain locked up,
without being tried and/or sentenced.”

Baba-Ahmed further maintained that keeping the former
governor in detention without due legal process sends the wrong message about
respect for the law.

“It is making a mockery of the rule of law and all standards
of decency. El-Rufai is now a political prisoner.”

His comments are coming after plea by the family of
El-Rufa’i, reminding the Tinubu administration that they do not deserve the
treatment they are getting.

The former governor’s first wife, Hajiya Asiya, had mentioned
that they campaigned for the APC during the 2023 polls, and detaining El-Rufa’i
was unjust.

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