Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State, has temporarily regained freedom from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s (ICPC) detention on Friday.
In a message on his X (previously Twitter) account on Friday, his son Bashir El-Rufai revealed that his father had been freed from custody.
He wrote, “My beloved great legend of a father (@elrufai) is being released from his unlawful and illegal detention at the hands of one of the most corrupt agencies in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that is a lame excuse of a pathetic institution.
“Thank you all for all the support. Our family shall never forget these times. We have overcome, as the El-Rufais.”
This development coincides with the demise of El-Rufai’s mother, Hajiya Umma, who died from an illness in Cairo, Egypt.
Recall that Nasir El-Rufai has been in ICPC custody since February 18 over allegations bordering on financial misconduct and other related matters.
Prior to his arraignment before the Federal High Court’s Kaduna division earlier this week, he spent more than a month with the commission.
Nasir El-rufai was arraigned alongside one Joel Adoga, on charges bordering on alleged conversion and possession of public property, as well as money laundering.
However, he entered a not guilty plea to the single-count accusation pertaining to the processing of earnings and deposits into domiciliary accounts. While he is still being held, the court postponed making a decision on his bail request until March 31, 2026.
In a separate case, the ICPC has also filed charges at the Kaduna State High Court against Nasir El-Rufai and another defendant, Amadu Sule.
Similarly, the former governor is being charged on three counts by the Department of State Services at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The issue revolves around claims that National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu’s phone conversations were illegally intercepted in breach of the Cybercrimes Act.
As of the time this article was filed, the ICPC had not yet released an official statement about the conditions of his temporary release.
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