Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to Nasir el-Rufai, says the former Kaduna governor did not violate any order of the court during his visit to the National Hospital in Abuja.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Adekeye said the claim by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that the hospital visit was converted into a political meeting was inaccurate.
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On Tuesday, ICPC arrested Bello Abubakar, personal physician to el-Rufai, for allegedly making false statements after his visit to the former governor.
In a statement, Okor Odey, ICPC spokesperson, alleged that el-Rufai and Bello abused privileges and violated a court order regarding the medical consultation.
Odey said pictures posted by Isa Ashiru Kudan, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Kaduna, showed that el-Rufai had a meeting during the medical consultation.
He added that the “professional courtesies” being extended to el-Rufai
