PHOTOS: Atiku visits Malami, seeks El-Rufai’s launch

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has visited a former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and referred to as for the discharge of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

Atiku disclosed this in a publish by way of his verified X deal with on Monday, noting that the go to adopted his return to Nigeria after performing a lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

“I led a delegation on a solidarity go to to the previous Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, following my return to the nation on Saturday evening from Umrah (lesser Hajj),” he stated.

The previous presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party urged authorities to launch El-Rufai and others he described as political detainees.

“I want to serve discover to the authorities detaining former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and all different political detainees to launch them henceforth,” he stated.

The previous vice chairman added that detention shouldn’t be based mostly on political variations.

“Nobody needs to be detained just because they don’t share the identical ideology or political platform with the federal government of the day,” Atiku stated.

He, nonetheless, didn’t present additional particulars on the circumstances surrounding the alleged detentions.

Malami is presently going through two separate circumstances, together with allegations of terrorism financing and unlawful firearms possession, in addition to an N8.7 billion fraud and cash laundering case.

The trial of the previous Legal professional-Normal continued final Monday on the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja.

Prosecution witnesses, together with compliance officers from Union Financial institution and Access Bank, testified on transactions linked to accounts related to Meethaq Motels Ltd, Rayhaan Bustan, and different entities.

When the matter was referred to as, Malami and his spouse had been current in courtroom, whereas their son joined them shortly earlier than the courtroom stood the matter down for an hour.

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik admitted a number of paperwork as displays, together with account statements and letters from banks, because the trial proceeded.

The case was adjourned to April 20 for continuation of proceedings.