Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has claimed that the federal government, led by the All Progressives Congress (APC), may be planning his arrest as political tensions in the nation rise.
El-Rufai, a former leader of the APC who is currently a leader of the opposition African Democratic Congress, reportedly said that some lawmakers were under pressure to either join the ruling party or stay in its ranks.
In a BBC Hausa interview, he made the assertions.
The former governor claimed that while he had not been arrested, some of his close allies had already been taken into custody. He has recently increased his criticism of the APC and President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
According to Daily Trust, El-Rufai stated in the aforementioned interview with BBC Hausa, “Four people we worked with in Kaduna have been arrested; so it’s only a matter of time before they come for me too.”
His comments indicate that the former governor and the party he led for eight years before defecting are becoming more and more at odds politically.
Furthermore, El-Rufai claimed that political players were being pressured to support the ruling APC.
He claims that the strain on legislators is a component of a larger plan to drown out opposition voices in the run-up to elections.
This comes as former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami is being arrested and is currently on trial.
Malami has been charged with offenses such as money laundering and misuse of office by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
After then, he was jailed again on suspicion of financing terrorism.
Malami, who is considered a pivotal member in President Tinubu’s opposition after switching from the APC to the ADC, has refuted the accusations, calling them a witch hunt.
