El-Rufai gets bail after mum’s death

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Former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has been granted temporary bail by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, following the death of his mother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai, on Friday.

The temporary freedom is to enable the former governor perform the funeral rites of his late mother who died in Cairo, Egypt, after a period of sickness.

El-Rufai’s son, Bashir, confirmed his father’s release in a post on his X handle Friday night.“Alhamdulillah. 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-Rufai’s always do,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, notable Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, have paid tributes to the late Hajiya El-Rufai.

Hajiya El-Rufai was reportedly about 100 years old. Punch