Nasir El-Rufai's brother narrowly avoided arrest during their mother's burial, with the former governor alleging that security operatives had planned to detain him.
The writer notes that El-Rufai's brother, Bashir, deliberately stayed away from Nigeria to avoid being taken into custody. El-Rufai himself was in custody at the time, facing corruption and money laundering allegations.
In a viral video, El-Rufai claimed that authorities intended to use his brother's arrest as leverage against him, forcing him to negotiate. The family made the strategic decision to keep Bashir abroad to prevent any such arrest.
The situation unfolded while El-Rufai was being held by the ICPC, and his case was still pending in court. He was granted temporary release to attend his mother's burial rites, but his brother remained in Cairo throughout the period.
