Mallam Nasir El-Rufai this morning voluntarily turns himself in at the headquarters of the State Security Services in Abuja.
His action followed the warrant of arrest purportedly obtained by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) to effect the arrest of the former minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The SSS had declared El-Rufai wanted over a statement attributed to him stating that the next (general) election are likely to be violent and many people are likely going to die if any attempt was made to rig the election.
Today Mr. El-Rufai was accompanied to the “Yellow House” headquarters of the SS about 9:20 am in the company of his lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Chris Ngige and a few family members.
The SSS operatives did not permit Governor Amaechi, Ngige and El-Rufai family members to enter their premises.
The operatives of SSS last Friday stormed the house of the former minister to arrest him following his refusal to honor the invitation by the headquarters of the Service.
However, El-Rufai condemned the raid and said he ignored the SSS’s invitation because it was not backed by a valid arrest warrant.
The situation forced the service to obtained a warrant arrest as confirmed by the SSS spokesperson, Ms. Marilyn Ogar. The SSS later accused El-Rufai of hiding, but promised to arrest him.
As at the time of filing this report several journalists remain in the vicinity of the offices of State Security Services office.
Source: Sahara Reporters
See how Ameachi is disgracing himself, a whole Governor of a state barred at SSS Gate frm entering dre Premises, wat a shame…
God we take control, leave ameachi alone talk anorder tin jooo
I cn c, is Elrufai Nt frm a state, y didn’t his state Governor follow him to b asked to wait at d gate? Ameachi is d Governor of a State, he doesn’t own himself, if i as a Riverman ws invited by d SSS wld he follow me? Y didn’t Fashola go wit him, wat abt Oshomole, r dis Nt core APC Governors? Ameachi is so jobless so he’ll need to disgrace himself & his family every now & den, Salary of Civil Servants he cn’t pay, waisting our money 2 fund u Yoruba & Hausa Parasites… I dn’t know y my pple dn’t ever learn, dt ws how Odili waisted our money doing Golden Governor, now where’s he?
APC shld better mk u a Presidential Flag Bearer o! Else,u’ll vomit our money to d last Kobo…