APC Plans to Keep El-Rufai in Custody Until After 2027 Elections – ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government plans to keep former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in custody until after the 2027 general elections.

The allegation was made by the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday.

Abdullahi maintained that the opposition was not against the prosecution of anyone with a legitimate case to answer but questioned what he described as efforts to frustrate El-Rufai’s release on bail.

“The ADC is not opposed to anybody who has a legitimate case to answer from being prosecuted, but when you are holding someone in custody for bailable offences and you proceed to arraign that person and make impossible conditions for bail to meet, it creates room for us to believe that you deliberately intend to hold this person in perpetuity,” he said.

The ADC spokesman alleged that the ruling party believes the opposition would be strengthened if El-Rufai regains his freedom before the elections.

“What I can tell you is that the thinking within the ADC is that the APC government has concluded that they will not release Mallam Nasir El-Rufai until after the election.

“That’s what we believe, that’s the plan, and that’s what they plan to do. They know that with Mallam Nasir El-Rufai freed, the opposition is stronger and they know that if they release him, he would remind them of certain things that they would rather forget,” Abdullahi stated.

He further alleged that the Federal Government was taking deliberate steps to ensure the former governor remained in custody until after the 2027 polls.

“We in the opposition believe that they are doing everything to make sure that El-Rufai remains in custody until after the election,” he added.