Why Nasir El-Rufai should be released

By Onyeka Nwelue
 
There are moments in a man’s life when the people who once surrounded him disappear with an alacrity that is more devastating than imprisonment itself. Power is transient; while it is yours, doors open before you arrive, when it is taken from you, even those who once stood in the doorway suddenly develop reasons to be elsewhere.
I have been thinking about this since the incarceration of Nasir El-Rufai. I have known Mallam Nasir El-Rufai personally since 2012, when I was working in Bayelsa as the Director of the Bayelsa Book & Craft Fair. My relationship with him has not been without complications, nor has my opinion of him remained fixed. In fact, some of the t...