‘For 150 days, Nasir El-Rufai has been detained. Nigeria’s partners must speak up’
I ask foreign missions, multilateral organisations, human rights groups and democracy advocates to monitor this case closely; insist on transparent proceedings before competent and impartial courts; demand humane detention conditions and timely medical access; and make it clear that anti-corruption enforcement must never become a cover for political payback.
Those who invest in Nigeria’s democracy, security cooperation, anti-corruption institutions, health systems and development programmes have a legitimate interest in whether those institutions respect due process and human dignity.
Recent public commentary has warned that Nigeria (among other African countries) is drifting from accountability into lawfare – the use of legal processes, judicial procedures and state institutions as political weapons.
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