Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to Nasir el-Rufai, has said security agents attempted to arrest the former Kaduna governor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as he returned from Cairo, Egypt.
In a post on X, Adekeye alleged that operatives approached el-Rufai shortly after he disembarked from his flight.
He said El-Rufai declined to accompany the agents, insisting that he would not honour the request without a formal invitation.
The statement read, “Security agents today attempted to arrest Malam Nasir El-Rufai as he arrived on a flight from Cairo. Malam El-Rufai declined to follow them without a formal invitation.”
Adekeye further alleged that the security personnel seized the former governor’s passport during the encounter.
“They, however, snatched his passport from an aide,” he added.
