How Peter Obi arrested, detained me in Anambra in 2013 - El-Rufai recounts ordeal

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has recounted how the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi ordered his arrest in Anambra in 2013.

El-Rufai said he had visited Anambra to support Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour who was contesting the elections at the time on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He made this known at an event that the Arewa Joint Committee organised for presidential candidates.

Obi, who was in his final term as governor, worked for Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who eventually emerged as his successor.

Relaying his experience on Monday, el-Rufai said Obi, who is now the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), ordered his detention.

“In 2013, I went to Anambra state, as an official of the APC, to witness the bye-election for governorship,” he said. “Your next guest, Peter Obi, was governor. He got me arrested and detained for 48 hours in my hotel room.

Now, I am the governor of Kaduna state. And he is coming to Kaduna.

“In addition to the police and the SSS, I have one mechanised division Nigerian Army here, if I need to arrest and detain anyone. But we are northerners. We are civilised. We don’t do things like that.”

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