Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as anational embarrassment the attempted arrest of former Kaduna State Governor,Nasir El-Rufai. Atiku said this on Thursday when he paid a solidarity visitto El-Rufai in his Abuja residence. Recall that there was an attempted arrest by the operativesof the Department of State Services, DSS, on El-Rufai, which has sparkedreactions from various quarters Atiku’s visit is against the backdrop of an incident at theNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where operatives allegedly triedto detain El-Rufai shortly after he arrived from Cairo, Egypt, on Egypt Airflight MS 877. Recall that former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi,had earlier visited the former governor to show to him the same solidarity. Speaking during the visit, Atiku said, “The society is basedon the rule of law, there was no need for El-Rufai to be embarrassed or tryingto be kidnapped. “They would have allowed you to come to your house and theninvite you. You have held high positions in government. You were a Minister,you were a governor and you successfully performed your functions. “There was no need to embarrass you because by doing so,they are embarrassing the whole society. We will stand by you and everylaw-abiding citizens of Nigeria.”
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