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Poll: Why is the Tinubu government through the ICPC trying to stop El Rufai from participating in the political process ?

Tinubu has nothing to do with this. Besides El Rufai is a light weight politician. His electoral value is little. 29% (66 votes)

Tinubu has a hand in his continued detention. El Rufai is a heavy weight politician that can galvanize the Northern votes against Tinubu 70% (161 votes)

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ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by SlavaUkraini(op): 1:45am On Mar 17

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) attempted to compel him to withdraw from political activities as a condition for his release from detention.

The allegation was contained in a 30-page criminal complaint filed by El-Rufai before a court against the ICPC chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu, and four other officials of the anti-corruption agency.

According to the filing, El-Rufai claimed that officers of the commission informed him during his detention that he would only regain his freedom if he stopped participating in politics.

The claim was outlined in Paragraph 12 of the complaint, where the former governor alleged that ICPC officers, said to be acting on the authority of the commission’s chairman, told him that his release was conditional on ceasing all political activities.

El-Rufai argued that such a demand amounted to an attempt to compel him to abandon his constitutional rights.

The allegation was further detailed in the affidavit supporting the complaint, particularly in Paragraphs 22 to 24, where his counsel stated that the former governor was repeatedly told that continued political activity could prolong his detention and that only a commitment to withdraw from politics would secure his release.

The allegation forms the basis of Count Six in the complaint, which accuses the officials of wrongful confinement with intent to compel, an offence cited under Sections 264 and 267 of the Penal Code.

El-Rufai is asking the court to examine the conduct of the ICPC officials, arguing that the alleged actions represent an abuse of office and an unlawful attempt to restrict his participation in the political process.

The ICPC has not yet publicly responded to the allegations contained in the court filing.

https://dailypost.ng/2026/03/16/icpc-forcing-me-to-cease-from-all-political-activities-el-rufai-claims/

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by favor914: 1:47am On Mar 17

Totally disillusioned so called political nonsense activities indeed, his bitterness has halted his ability to reason logically.

You and your fellow disillusioned cho cho cho adc members are pretending to fight the Monster (The APC) that you colluded in creating?

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Thundafireseun: 2:13am On Mar 17

Tinubu has nothing to do with this…

El Rufai is a light weight politician who has no influence anywhere in Nigeria

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by chiefolododo(m): 2:24am On Mar 17

They said you are corrupt, clear your name first

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by PrincessofDSS(f): 2:36am On Mar 17

APC bots all over this article

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Karlovich: 2:53am On Mar 17

Yekini is going to be buried politically in 2027,

This I have seen!

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by GodPunishOsu: 4:00am On Mar 17

But Aminda and typing told us that El rufai is untouchable,they just push this man to Bleep with his master.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Ever8090: 4:43am On Mar 17

This one no concern poor man that can't even come out of his house because of insecurity

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Kaycee9242(m): 4:43am On Mar 17

I have never seen a man as desperate as Tinubu and no be say em sabi govern

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Lifestone(m): 4:48am On Mar 17

How can I believe a character like this? Never.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by AMINDA: 4:50am On Mar 17

Thundafireseun:
Tinubu has nothing to do with this…

El Rufai is a light weight politician who has no influence anywhere in Nigeria

Indeed. Is it cowardice or fear whenever you lot try to extricate Tinubu from what he clearly does. Why then is Tinubu keeping him in detention illegally without charging him to court? Elrufai made Tinubu president and he will invariably unmake him. Illegal incarceration or not. Just wait and see. Didn't Tinubu just strike similar deal with Bala Mohammed. Before that there was Ifeanyi Okowa and Yahaya Bello. When state institutions become political tools to coerce opponents to toe the line, then we are becoming a dictatorship. Tinubu's only pathway to victory as at today, is to be the only candidate on the ballot but it will not happen.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by BigNija: 4:54am On Mar 17

Story teller, please face your music, your antique won't work, stop all the dramas.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by yinkus6750(m): 4:57am On Mar 17

Do you still have control in the state you governed for eight years? Since your arrest, has the citizens come out to fight for you ? Keep deceiving yourself.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by AMINDA: 4:57am On Mar 17

BigNija:
Story teller, please face your music, your antique won't work, stop all the dramas.

He's ready to face it in court. Why is Tinubu rather interested in seeking to indefinitely detain him without charge? Could it be because they have found nothing to stick on him?

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by AMINDA: 4:58am On Mar 17

yinkus6750:
Do you still have control in the state you governed for eight years? Since your arrest, has the citizens come out to fight for you ? Keep deceiving yourself.

The citizens have a smarter way to fight for him as time will show. Tinubu himself knows. Hence why he will give an arm and a leg to get Elrufai to cease fire. I hope Lagosians will come out to fight for Tinubu when the table turns, because it definitely will.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by dododawa1: 4:59am On Mar 17

POLITICIANS should deal hard with themselves

WHILE

letting Nigerians breathe in peace.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Freetech: 4:59am On Mar 17

Sorry midget, but you said you'd retired

Nobody have time for a spent force like you. All available time is directed at fixing Nigeria you and your friends messed up

Pls face your crime. Return the loot or you rot in jail

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Kpilo101: 5:01am On Mar 17

This man has released season 2 of his gimmicks. I wonder why ADC are not standing by this man. I wonder.
But yourself see watin you do na, e good?
#whereisdatiyata

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Freedom4us: 5:03am On Mar 17

Freetech:
Sorry midget

Nobody have time for a spent force like you

That dwarf Hell-Rufai is reaping what he has sown.
He dealt with Christians in South Kaduna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt17gWrhn4s

Its judgement for his wickedness against Christians in Kaduna that has caught up with the midget angry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjikpQsKz3M

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by AMINDA: 5:05am On Mar 17

chiefolododo:
They said you are corrupt, clear your name first

Where's the charge? It's been one month of illegal incarceration. Still no charge or arraignment in court. Is it true just because "they" alias Lagos-Ibadan toilet newspapers said it? Nigeria is not a banana republic even though Tinubu is fast turning it into one.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by Opinedecandid(m): 5:19am On Mar 17

Saint El rufai on the prowl. Who let the dog out...?

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by richiemcgold: 5:20am On Mar 17*

If you want to fight this current Tinubu's regime as opposition, make sure your hands are clean and there are no skeletons in your cupboard.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by boxypane: 5:21am On Mar 17

AMINDA:
Indeed. Is it cowardice or fear whenever you lot try to extricate Tinubu from what he clearly does. Why then is Tinubu keeping him in detention illegally without charging him to court? Elrufai made Tinubu president and he will invariably unmake him. Illegal incarceration or not. Just wait and see. Didn't Tinubu just strike similar deal with Bala Mohammed. Before that there was Ifeanyi Okowa and Yahaya Bello. When state institutions become political tools to coerce opponents to toe the line, then we are becoming a dictatorship. Tinubu's only pathway to victory as at today, is to be the only candidate on the ballot but it will not happen.

So publicly admitting to tap into the NSA comms is not enough reason? Is not a must you quote o.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by AMINDA: 5:36am On Mar 17

boxypane:
So publicly admitting to tap into the NSA comms is not enough reason? Is not a must you quote o.

Assuming but not conceding that he said so, is that why ICPC is detaining him without charge? Is ICPC now a court of law and is that part of their mandate? Whether or not he's guilty of that, it is still left for the courts to decide. The government attempted to arrest him at the airport when he voluntarily returned to the country and seized his passport without a court order. That was before the interview. ICPC failed to produce him in court on the day the DSS case was to be heard. Who is fooling who? Nigeria is not a banana republic.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by BlocksNG(m): 5:41am On Mar 17

shut up, bar bun, light politician yet Tinubu ordered his arrest.

Thundafireseun:
Tinubu has nothing to do with this…

El Rufai is a light weight politician who has no influence anywhere in Nigeria

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by 7arrows: 5:41am On Mar 17

Thundafireseun:
Tinubu has nothing to do with this…

El Rufai is a light weight politician who has no influence anywhere in Nigeria

Is that what you realy think? Does he have a hand in kanu's detention.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by jeff1993: 5:48am On Mar 17

Cry baby cry!!!!you have met a southern master. You think say this one n Jonathan

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by 7arrows: 5:48am On Mar 17

AMINDA:
Indeed. Is it cowardice or fear whenever you lot try to extricate Tinubu from what he clearly does. Why then is Tinubu keeping him in detention illegally without charging him to court? Elrufai made Tinubu president and he will invariably unmake him. Illegal incarceration or not. Just wait and see. Didn't Tinubu just strike similar deal with Bala Mohammed. Before that there was Ifeanyi Okowa and Yahaya Bello. When state institutions become political tools to coerce opponents to toe the line, then we are becoming a dictatorship. Tinubu's only pathway to victory as at today, is to be the only candidate on the ballot but it will not happen.

Tinubu is a dictator. Someone encouraging a one party state NO OPPOSITION. What would you expect.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by DMCY: 5:56am On Mar 17

We need to ask EL-RUFAI how it feels to be incarcerated with the power that be. Now that he has tasted both ends of the whip…

Irrespective of whatever anybody says, there’s no permanent friend or FOE in politics

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by FxMasterz: 6:10am On Mar 17

AMINDA:
Indeed. Is it cowardice or fear whenever you lot try to extricate Tinubu from what he clearly does. Why then is Tinubu keeping him in detention illegally without charging him to court? Elrufai made Tinubu president and he will invariably unmake him. Illegal incarceration or not. Just wait and see. Didn't Tinubu just strike similar deal with Bala Mohammed. Before that there was Ifeanyi Okowa and Yahaya Bello. When state institutions become political tools to coerce opponents to toe the line, then we are becoming a dictatorship. Tinubu's only pathway to victory as at today, is to be the only candidate on the ballot but it will not happen.

How many times have they told you that it was the Kaduna state government that arrested the midget for the embezzlement of Kaduna state funds? Tinubu has not even yet started with him for tapping the NSA's phone. That one is a DSS matter.

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Re: ICPC Forcing Me To Cease From All Political Activities – El-Rufai Claims by gigabyte13: 6:24am On Mar 17

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😅🤣🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣🤣
So a day like this will ever come in Nasiru lifetime, that he will be playing the victim

Who God no fit catch for this life, he never create that person.
Even in prison the midget is still exaggerating his relevance.

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