Bello El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor
Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission, ICPC, of denying his father access to food and medical
attention while in custody.
In a statement, Bello alleged that his father’s
personal doctor visited the ICPC office around 3pm on Friday, May 15, to
discuss the results of recent medical tests, but was not allowed to see him.
According to him, ICPC officials claimed that the
doctor needed written permission from the commission’s chairman before he could
be granted access.
Bello said the action violated a court order that
granted the former governor unrestricted access to his doctors.
He also claimed that El-Rufai’s wife, Aichatou, was
turned away when she brought his evening meal at about 7pm.
“Second, his wife, Aunty Aichatou, brought his evening
meal at around 7pm as she normally does. ICPC personnel turned her away, saying
they had orders not to permit food deliveries after 6:30pm,” he wrote.
Bello described the alleged restrictions as an attack
on the rule of law and a violation of his father’s constitutional and human
rights.
He argued that no lawful detention should justify
denying a detainee medical access or basic family care based on what he called
an arbitrary curfew imposed by the ICPC.
“We demand that all his constitutional rights be fully
respected. We will no longer accept this pattern of intimidation dressed up as
protocol,” he said.
The ICPC had dragged Nasir El-Rufai to court on a
nine-count charge bordering on alleged advance fee fraud and money laundering.
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