Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has expressed worry that he might be arrested and held.
El-Rufai said he has no plans to go into exile, despite claiming to have heard rumors that he might be arrested.
In a post on X on Tuesday, the former governor stated his detractors are supposedly trying to drive him out of the country.
He divulged this when responding to a user and staunch fan, Imran Wakili, regarding the supposed plot to capture and jail him.
Currently in Egypt, El-Rufai stated that he intends to return to Nigeria by February 20.
“I will spend more time in Nigeria than ever before,” El-Rufai wrote.
“They have sent similar messages of intimidation and threats through many of my friends, family, and political associates because they want me to go on self-imposed exile.
“I have now put all my previous academic and language-learning plans on hold. Silence is no longer golden. Inaction has never been an option.
“The arrest, detention, and torture of perceived political enemies are nothing new in human affairs. I have been arrested and detained thrice in the past for expressing my views about previous governments.
“There is always a morning after the arrest or detention or torture, and political life continues. As for death, it is when Allah destines it, and it is ultimately the date of every human.
“For the attention of the pathetic characters that don’t sleep well whenever I am in Nigeria, take notice that I intend to return in time for the launch of Pres IBB’s memoirs, in sha Allah, scheduled for 20th February.
“We depend on no one but Allah. We fear no mortal but Almighty Allah. We always hope for the best but plan for the worst.”
El-Rufai is presently engaged in a confrontation with All Progressives Congress (APC) members and allies of President Bola Tinubu.
Citing the absence of meetings among the party’s organs for the last two years, he recently charged that the APC lacked internal democracy.
