VIOLATION OF EL-RUFAI'S RIGHTS DEPLORABLE - MURIC TELLS ICPC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

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18^th May, 2026

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‎PRESS RELEASE:

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‎VIOLATION OF EL-RUFAI'S RIGHTS DEPLORABLE - MURIC TELLS ICPC

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‎One of the wives of the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) of disallowing her from giving her husband his food. El-Rufai's son, Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has also corroborated the allegation.

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‎Reacting to this development, a Nigerian civil liberties group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in a press release circulated to the media by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Monday, 18^th May, 2026, described the situation as deplorable, unjustifiable and unacceptable.

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‎MURIC said:

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‎"We are in possession of a viral video in which one of the wives of the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai accused the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) of disallowing her from giving her husband his food (https://leadership.ng/el-rufais-wife-accuses-icpc-of-blocking-family-access-to-detained-husband/).

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‎El-Rufai's son, Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has also corroborated the allegation (https://dailypost.ng/2026/05/16/you-have-continued-to-violate-my-fathers-rights-el-rufai-tells-icpc/).

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‎"If found to be true, it means ICPC is using starvation as a weapon to force Mallam El-Rufai to do things against his free will.  It is Gestapo tactics. It constitutes a blatant violation of El-Rufai's Allah-given fundamental human right. It is deplorable, unjustifiable and unacceptable.

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‎"Nigerians will not accept Gestapo treatment from ICPC or any government agency under any guise. 

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‎"It is therefore mandatory on ICPC to speak up on the matter. We need urgent explanations.  Does ICPC intend to stint El-Rufai of food? Do they plan to starve him to death? Or is ICPC's 'choice of food' for El-Rufai on the table and for what cassu belli?

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‎"Whichever way the pendulum swings, nothing must happen to El-Rufai. Nigerians saw him looking as fit as a fiddle the day he walked inside EFCC office to surrender himself. His family doctor knows his health condition. El-Rufai must not develop any strange ailment in ICPC facility.

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‎"MURIC charges the media and civil society to speak up on the ongoing tribulations of Mallam El-Rufai. It is a duty to do so and a dereliction to look the other way. Posterity will judge where you stand"

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‎#JusticeForElRufai

‎#NoToICPCGestapoTactics

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‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).