ICPC invites El-Rufai for questioning

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A former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed that he will honour an invitation from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.

El-Rufai disclosed this in a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday, a day after what he described as an attempted arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory stated that he would present himself at the commission’s office as scheduled.

“Yesterday, after the futile attempt to abduct me, the ICPC delivered a letter to invite me to their office.

“My lawyer has written to confirm that I will be attending the ICPC office on Wednesday, 18 February 2026,” he wrote.

The development follows controversy surrounding a Thursday incident at the Abuja airport, where security operatives reportedly attempted to arrest the former governor upon his arrival from Cairo, Egypt.

El-Rufai’s media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, had alleged that security agents tried to detain him without presenting a formal invitation and seized his international passport during the encounter. Punch