Security agents on Thursday attempted to arrest former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, at the airport upon his arrival from Cairo, Egypt.

This was disclosed by his media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a post on his 𝕏 account.

According to him, the security agents attempted to arrest El-Rufai, but the former Governor resisted them and demanded a formal invitation, after which they took his passport from an aide.

The statement from Adekeye reads: “Security agents today attempted to arrest Malam Nasir elrufai as he arrived on a flight from Cairo. Malam El-Rufai declined to follow them without a formal Invitation. They however snatched his passport from an aide.”

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Naija News recalls that El-Rufai had earlier raised an alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government might be plotting his arrest amid rising political tension in the country.

El-Rufai, a former APC chieftain now a chieftain of the opposition African Democratic Congress, also claimed that some politicians were being pressured to either defect to the ruling party or remain within its fold.

He made the claims during an interview with BBC Hausa.

The former governor, who has recently intensified his criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration and the APC, said although he had not been arrested, some of his close associates had already been detained.