The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has urged the federal government to restrain from alleged intimidation of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
El-Rufai, a vocal critic of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration, had raised the alarm, alleging that the government was planning to arrest him.
On the strength of that allegation, MURIC via a statement its Founder/Executive Director of MURIC Prof. Ishaq Akintola released said intimidating the ex-governor would not augur well for the administration, saying the former FCT minister is underserved of such treatment.
“Considering the immense contribution of former Governor El-Rufai to the victory of the ruling party at the 2023 general elections as well as the big role played by him in the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the indisputable occupant of Aso Rock today in spite of all odds, we will like to advise the federal government against intimidating the former governor if the rumour is true.
“Doing so will stain the good name of the Tinubu administration as a democratic government and portray it as one willing to crack down on dissent.
“On the contrary, with the realisation that we now live in a global village, allowing El-Rufai to move freely in and out of the country will continue to earn FG humongous modicum of respect from the rest of the world,” the statement read in part.
