In a release titled "Statement on the Unlawful Attempted Arrest of Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai,” the Ubong Akpan chambers, acting as counsel to El-Rufai, said the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when he arrived in Abuja.

Muyiwa Adekeye, Mr El-Rufai’s media aide, stated in a post on X that security agents approached the former governor immediately after he disembarked from his flight.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as a national embarrassment the attempted arrest of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Atiku