El-Rufai Visits Detained Former Chief Of Staff In Kaduna Prison

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday visited the Kaduna State Correctional Service centre to see his former Chief of Staff, Bashir Saidu, who was remanded in the facility.

The former Chief of Staff was arrested on Monday, over allegations of money laundering and other charges, and taken to a magistrates’ court at Rigasa, which remanded him in the correctional facility.

Recall that a group, Forum For Good Governance, backed the arrest of El-Rufai’s commissioner for finance, just as it warned that any attempt by the former Kaduna governor to interfere with the arrest would be resisted vehemently

El-Rufai, who was in company with three of his former commissioners, arrived at the facility around 10:19 am and left around 10:47 am.

Those with El-Rufai are the former Commissioner of Education, Jafaru Sani, former Commissioner of Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Baba, and former Commissioner for Environment, Ibrahim Hussaini.

Attempts to speak to El-Rufai, who wore a green cap and light green agbada, were unsuccessful as he declined comments.

He entered one of the vehicles in his convoy and drove off.