Release El-Rufai before Sallah, Atiku tells Tinubu, Uba Sani

By Omeiza Ajayi
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked President Bola Tinubu and the Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, to immediately release former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
Condemning his continued detention, especially at a time when Muslims across Nigeria are preparing for the Eid al-Kabir celebrations, as “cruel, unjustifiable, and deeply troubling”, Atiku described the development as a disturbing assault on civil liberties, democratic decency, and the rule of law.
His Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in a statement on Friday, said the former vice president raised grave concerns about the deployment of state power to i...