El-Rufai arrest condemned by Buhari

General Muhammad Buhari,the Presidential Candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC,  in the last presidential election, has described the arrest of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory

Administration, FCTA, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as a violation of his rights.

The former head of state who also called for El-Rufai’s immediate release, said, “It only shows that there are more people in our country who know how to win by hook and crook than those who know how to make proper use of their victory.”

In a statement by his spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, Buhari noted that rather than what he termed unjust incarceration of the former Minister, the government should instead  proceed to prefer whatever charges they have against him in court if he has committed any offence known to the laws of the land.

According to the statement, General Buhari, who condemned what he described as a brazen act of intimidation, harassment  and flagrant violation of citizens right in a democratic atmosphere, said ‘’that hounding innocent citizens to detention,  in less than a month in office while failing to rise to the security challenges facing the nation shows a regime that does not understand what its priorities should be.’’