Mallam Nasir El-Rufai this morning voluntarily turns himself in at the headquarters of the State Security Services in Abuja.
His
action followed the warrant of arrest purportedly obtained by
operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) to effect the arrest of
the former minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Deputy
National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The
SSS had declared El-Rufai wanted over a statement attributed to him
stating that the next (general) election are likely to be violent and
many people are likely going to die if any attempt was made to rig the
election.
Today
Mr. El-Rufai was accompanied to the "Yellow House" headquarters of the
SS about 9:20 am in the company of his lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, Rivers
State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Chris Ngige and a few family
members.
The SSS operatives did not permit Governor Amaechi, Ngige and El-Rufai family members to enter their premises.
The operatives of SSS last Friday stormed the house of the former minister to arrest him following his refusal to honor the invitation by the headquarters of the Service.
However,
El-Rufai condemned the raid and said he ignored the SSS’s invitation
because it was not backed by a valid arrest warrant.
The situation forced the service to obtained a warrant arrest as confirmed by the SSS spokesperson, Ms. Marilyn Ogar. The SSS later accused El-Rufai of hiding, but promised to arrest him.
As
at the time of filing this report several journalists remain in the
vicinity of the offices of State Security Services office.
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