Reaction as Police Invite El-Rufai, ADC Leaders Over Allegations against State government in Kaduna

Abiola Olawale
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By Abiola Olawale

The Kaduna State Police Command has invited former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and seven other members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for questioning.

The invitation, issued on September 4, 2025, cited allegations of criminal conspiracy, incitement of public disturbance, mischief, and causing grievous hurt.

According to a letter signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Uzainu Abdullahi, from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), El-Rufai and other ADC leaders, including Bashir Sa’idu, Jafaru Sani, Ubaidullah Mohammed (aka “30”), Nasiru Maikano, Aminu Abita, and Ahmed Rufa’i Hussaini (aka “Mikiya”), are required to appear at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) on September 8, 2025.

“This Department is currently investigating the above-mentioned case involving the following members of your party. You are requested to come along with them to SCID to clarify allegations reported against them by the complainants on 8th September, 2025,” the letter read partly.

The New Diplomat reports that this comes after the North West zone of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) had condemned a police order halting its planned meeting in Kaduna State, insisting that the action violated constitutional provisions.

The party leaders, including El-Rufai, and a former Minister of State for Defence, Lawal Batagarawa, told journalists during a press conference at his Kaduna residence, that the meeting was meant for the ADC North West leadership to commiserate with members over last Saturday’s incident in the state, where thugs attacked members of the party.

El-Rufai said: “The plan was that the APC leadership in the North-West is in Kaduna to commiserate with us over the incident of Saturday. And we were going to have that visit in our office. The police commissioner wrote to say that we can’t hold it in the state.

“He knows what he’s writing violates the Constitution. This morning, he invited the national vice chairman, North-West, and waved a piece of paper claiming they had obtained a court order stopping us from having that meeting. We have not seen the court order. It has not been properly served to us. Even if there is a court order, there is a legal process to serve an affected person, and it has not been served on us.”

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