Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State, has been released from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
His son, Bashir El-Rufai, announced in a tweet on his X (previously Twitter) account on Friday that his father had been released from detention.
He wrote, “My beloved great legend of a father (@elrufai) is being released from his unlawful and illegal detention at the hands of one of the most corrupt agencies in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that is a lame excuse of a pathetic institution.
“Thank you all for all the support. Our family shall never forget these times. We have overcome, as the El-Rufais.”
El-Rufai has been in ICPC custody since February 18 over allegations bordering on financial misconduct and other related matters.
He spent over a month with the commission before his arraignment earlier this week before the Kaduna division of the Federal High Court.
As of the time of filing this report, the ICPC has yet to issue an official statement regarding the terms of his temporary release.
Meanwhile, the former governor’s mother, Umma El-Rufai, died earlier on Friday in Cairo, Egypt.
