One of the wives of the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) of disallowing her from giving her husband his food.
El-Rufai’s son, Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has also corroborated the allegation.
Reacting to this development, a Nigerian civil liberties group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in a press release circulated to the media by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Monday, described the situation as deplorable, unjustifiable and unacceptable.
MURIC said: ”We are in possession of a viral video in which one of the wives of the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai accused the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) of disallowing her from giving her husband his food (https://leadership.ng/el-rufais-wife-accuses-icpc-of-blocking-family-access-to-detained-husband/).
El-Rufai’s son, Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has also corroborated the allegation (https://dailypost.ng/2026/05/16/you-have-continued-to-violate-my-fathers-rights-el-rufai-tells-icpc/).
*”If found to be true, it means ICPC is using starvation as a weapon to force Mallam El-Rufai to do things against his free will. It is Gestapo tactics. It constitutes a blatant violation of El-Rufai’s Allah-given fundamental human right. It is deplorable, unjustifiable and unacceptable.*
”Nigerians will not accept Gestapo treatment from ICPC or any government agency under any guise.
”It is therefore mandatory on ICPC to speak up on the matter. We need urgent explanations. Does ICPC intend to stint El-Rufai of food? Do they plan to starve him to death? Or is ICPC’s ‘choice of food’ for El-Rufai on the table and for what cassu belli?
*”Whichever way the pendulum swings, nothing must happen to El-Rufai. Nigerians saw him looking as fit as a fiddle the day he walked inside EFCC office to surrender himself. His family doctor knows his health condition. El-Rufai must not develop any strange ailment in ICPC facility.*
”MURIC charges the media and civil society to speak up on the ongoing tribulations of Mallam El-Rufai. It is a duty to do so and a dereliction to look the other way. Posterity will judge where you stand”
