His action followed the warrant of arrest purportedly obtained by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) to effect the arrest of the former minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The SSS had declared El-Rufai wanted over a statement attributed to him stating that the next (general) election are likely to be violent and many people are likely going to die if any attempt was made to rig the election.
Today Mr. El-Rufai was accompanied to the “Yellow House” headquarters of the SS about 9:20 am in the company of his lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Chris Ngige and a few family members.
The SSS operatives did not permit Governor Amaechi, Ngige and El-Rufai family members to enter their premises
The operatives of SSS last Friday stormed the house of the former minister to arrest him following his refusal to honor the invitation by the headquarters of the Service.
However, El-Rufai condemned the raid and said he ignored the SSS’s invitation because it was not backed by a valid arrest warrant
The situation forced the service to obtained a warrant arrest as confirmed by the SSS spokesperson, Ms. Marilyn Ogar. The SSS later accused El-Rufai of hiding, but promised to arrest him
As at the time of filing this report several journalists remain in the vicinity of the offices of State Security Services office
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