A former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said that he would not go on exile despite the rumoured plan to arrest him as soon as he returns to the country.
He noted that he would be putting all his previous academic and language-learning plans on hold in order to spend more time in Nigeria than ever before.
El-Rufai while responding to a post by @IU_Wakilii on X handle, who alleged there was a plan to arrest him if he comes back to Nigeria with concocted allegations, said silence is no longer golden and inaction has never been an option.
He said those in government freaked out because they challenged the legality of the premeditated.
El-Rufai added: Your post below refers. I have been hearing these same rumors of arrest, detention and torture in some dungeon in the NSA’s office (where Emefiele was allegedly tortured to resign as CBN governor), since July 2024 when the so-called report of the Kaduna Assembly began circulating.
“They freaked out when we challenged the legality of the premeditated defamation, and went to every length to compromise the judicial process, and this is continuing at the Court of Appeal.
“They have sent such similar messages of intimidation and threats through many of my friends, family and political associates because they want me to go on self-imposed exile. I will not.
“I have now put all my previous academic and language-learning plans on hold and will spend more time in Nigeria than ever before. Silence is no longer golden. Inaction has never been an option.”
El-Rufai noted that the arrest, detention and torture of perceived political enemies are nothing new in human affairs, saying he had been arrested and detained thrice in the past for expressing my views of previous governments.
He stressed that there is always a morning after the arrest or detention or torture, and political life continues.
“As for death, it when Allah destines it, and it is ultimate the date of every human.
“For the attention of the pathetic characters that don’t sleep well whenever I am in Nigeria, take notice that I intend to return in time for the launch of Pres IBB’s memoirs, in sha Allah, scheduled for 20th February.
“We depend on no one but Allah. We fear no mortal but Almighty Allah. We always hope for the best but plan for the worst,” El-Rufai concluded.