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.
According to Bello, his father’s personal doctor visited the ICPC office at about 3 p.m. on Friday, May 15, to discuss the results of recent medical tests, but officials allegedly prevented the doctor from seeing him, insisting that written approval from the ICPC Chairman was required.
He claimed the action violated a court order granting his father unrestricted access to his doctors.
“Second, his wife, Aunty Aichatou, brought his evening meal at around 7 p.m. as she normally does. ICPC personnel turned her away, saying they had orders not to permit food deliveries after 6:30 p.m.,” he wrote.
According to Bello, the restrictions amount to an assault on the rule of law and a violation of his father’s constitutional and human rights.
He further stated that no lawful detention should justify denying medical access or basic family care based on what he described as arbitrary rules 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 commission had dragged El-Rufai to court on a nine-count charge bordering on alleged advance fee fraud and money laundering.
