El-Rufai should not continue to remain in detention because of investigation – Udenta
News El-Rufai should not continue to remain in detention because of investigation – Udenta Published on April 23, 2026 By Matthew Atungwu googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1500386953281-8'); }); A fellow of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Prof Udenta Udenta, says former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai should not be kept in perpetuity in detention because of investigation. Udenta stated this on Wednesday while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television. He said they must let El-Rufai be, stressing that the former governor has to be presumed innocent, and they can carry out investigations without him being in custody. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5'); }); The professor also suggested that they can take El-Rufai’s passport and limit his movements. “You cannot keep a man in perpetuity in detention because you are doing investigation. That is injustice,” he said. DAILY POST reports that El-Rufai has been in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, since he got back from Egypt. He was charged for wire-tapping the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, and later arraigned in another court in Kaduna State. Don't Miss Obi receives European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Gautier Mignot in Onitsha You may like Sowore backs El-Rufai, condemns alleged misuse of bail conditions El-Rufai to remain in custody till June as court defers bail application 2027: ‘They’ll defeat him’ – Udenta names ADC ticket to send Tinubu packing 2027: I’ve more support in North than Kwankwaso, El-Rufai, Tambuwal, others – Atiku I did not authorize it – El-Rufai debunks reports on political ambition 2027: El-Rufai to contest for presidency – ADC chieftain Makarfi