The ICPC has defended its refusal to grant ADC leaders access to detained former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai, citing a court order restricting visits to only family members, lawyers and doctors.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has defended its decision to bar African Democratic Congress leaders from visiting former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, insisting it was acting on a specific court order.
ICPC spokesman John Odey confirmed the denial, saying the commission had written to the ADC in advance. “We got their letter on the 20th or thereabouts and replied to them on the 21st that they should not come because the court order was specific,” he said.
Odey explained that access was strictly limited. “The access is limited to the category of his immediate family members, his legal counsel and his medical doctors,” he stated.
The spokesman also dismissed allegations of harassment, saying: “No harassment whatsoever. They were not intimidated.” He noted that armed police officers at the gate were part of routine security arrangements, not a targeted deployment against opposition figures.
El-Rufai is currently standing trial on nine amended corruption-related charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
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