UPDATE: El-Rufai honours SSS’ invitation
Senator Chris Ngige left the SSS head office where he accompanied Mallam Nasir Elrufai for questioning. Journalists who attempted to Interview Senator Chris Ngige were barred from speaking to him at the SSS headquarters. Journalists who had been waiting around the vicinity of the SSS headqtrs approached Sen. Ngige for information on what transpired between […]
Senator Chris Ngige left the SSS head office where he accompanied Mallam Nasir Elrufai for questioning.
Journalists who attempted to Interview Senator Chris Ngige were barred from speaking to him at the SSS headquarters.
Journalists who had been waiting around the vicinity of the SSS headqtrs approached Sen. Ngige for information on what transpired between Mallam El Rufai and the SSS but were stopped by the SSS operatives.
Senator Ngige left the premises of the SSS Head quarters around 3pm leaving Mallam Nasir Elrufai behind with his lawyer and spouse.
EARLIER TODAY:
Deputy National Secretary of All Progressives Congress(APC) Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has visited the SSS headquarters today following the warrant of arrest issued by the SSS to invite him over a comment he made about the forthcoming 2015 election.
The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nasiru El Rufai said post elections violence is not a novelty in Nigeria.
He spoke shortly before submitting himself to the Department of State Security (SSS) headquarters in Abuja, El-Rufai told journalist that he honored the invitation to speak with the SSS because the agency had produced a warrant inviting him to answer questions.
He noted that comments he made referred to similar incidents in the past, where election rigging caused violence in the country.
El Rufai argued that he is only asking for free and fair elections in the country, noting that the constitution allow for freedom of speech.
He vowed to continue to make such comments until there is free and fair elections in the country.
He was accompanied into the complex by Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Chris Ngige, a spouse and personal lawyer.
Our reporter on the scene confirms that after about 5 hours of waiting outside the SSS headquarters the former Minister is still inside the complex with most of his team.
However Governor Amaechi was seen leaving the SSS office a few hours after their arrival.
The SSS had earlier visited his house on Friday.
Details later.