The State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday night took former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, into custody shortly after he was released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
El-Rufai had been held by the EFCC since Monday over allegations of corruption. He was granted bail around 8 p.m. on Wednesday but was immediately re-arrested by SSS operatives at the commission’s headquarters, according to witnesses.
His arrest by the SSS is reportedly connected to claims that he unlawfully intercepted the phone communications of Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
Earlier in the week, the SSS filed cybercrime charges against him at the Federal High Court in Abuja in relation to the alleged phone-tapping incident.