El’Rufai regains freedom from ICPC, loses mother

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, was on Friday released from the custody of the Independent Commission on Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses (ICPC).

His son, Bashir El-Rufai, revealed the development in a post on his X account (formerly Twitter), stating that his father had been released from detention.

“My beloved great legend of a father (@elrufai) being released from his unlawful and illegal detention at the hands of one of the most corrupt institutions in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is a weak excuse of a pathetic institution.

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“Thank you for all the support. Our family will never forget these times. We have overcome them, as El-Rufais,” he wrote.

El-Rufai has been in ICPC custody since February 18 on charges of financial offenses and other related matters.

Meanwhile, the former governor’s mother, Umma El-Rufai, died early Friday morning in Cairo, Egypt.