Former presidential adviser, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has criticized the continued detention of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, describing him as a political prisoner.
In a post shared on his X account, Baba-Ahmed said the situation surrounding El-Rufai’s detention had grown beyond the state’s determination to keep him in custody without a trial or conviction.
He argued that the development was damaging public confidence in the rule of law and undermining accepted standards of justice and fairness.
“Nasir el-Rufai’s saga is assuming a character far bigger than the determined insistence by the State that he must remain locked up, without being tried and/or sentenced.”
Baba-Ahmed further maintained that keeping the former governor in detention without due legal process sends the wrong message about respect for the law.
“It is making a mockery of the rule of law and all standards of decency. El-Rufai is now a
