Nigerian security agencies want to doctor El-Rufai’s detention recordings – Timi Frank alleges

The former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has alleged a plot by Nigerian security agencies to doctor audio and visual recordings purportedly linked to former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.

Frank, in a statement on Friday, claimed that El-Rufai has been subjected to “intense surveillance” while in custody and alleged that conversations involving the former governor, his lawyers, and family members were being secretly recorded.

According to him, the alleged recordings were being manipulated through artificial intelligence technology to incriminate the former governor.

“Nasir El-Rufai has been subjected to intense surveillance even in detention,” Frank alleged.

“The ICPC, where he is being held, has collaborated with the DSS to bug his room. They have countless hours of voice and visual recordings of his conversations, including those with his lawyers and family members,” he said.

Frank further claimed that operatives were allegedly reviewing the recordings “to select those that can best be doctored.”

“The plan is to use AI to distort some of these recordings to frame El-Rufai. Their plan is to then leak some of these doctored recordings to the press,” he alleged.

He added that the alleged plot was aimed at damaging El-Rufai’s reputation and prolonging his detention.

“It is all a part of the agenda to destroy El-Rufai, tarnish his reputation and keep him in custody,” Frank stated.

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DAILY POST reports that El-Rufai has been in detention for separate charges by the ICPC and the DSS despite being granted bail.

He was arraigned in separate courts on alleged national security breaches and corruption by the ICPC and EFCC, but was granted bail.