Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he has been hearing of plans to have him arrested and tortured in a dungeon in the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).

El-Rufai said this in reaction to a post by one Imran U. Wakili who claimed to have been informed of plans to arrest the former governor on his return from Egypt,

In a post on X, Wakili said, "I was reliably informed that there is a plan to arrest (not invite) Mallam Nasir El-Rufai if he comes back to Nigeria with another concocted allegations as usual.

"I am confident El-Rufai will return soon because he has nothing to hide and is not afraid of anyone."

Reacting, El-Rufai said he had also been hearing the same rumours of "arrest, detention and torture in some dungeon in the NSA’s office (where Emefiele was allegedly tortured to resign as CBN governor), since July 2024 when the so-called report of the Kaduna Assembly began circulating."

This was as he stated that his detractors "freaked out when we challenged the legality of the premeditated defamation and went to every length to compromise the judicial process, and this is continuing at the Court of Appeal."

He said 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 will not."

This was as he revealed that he has now "put all my previous academic and language-learning plans on hold and will spend more time in Nigeria than ever before. Silence is no longer golden. Inaction has never been an option."

He said 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 of 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.

"Thanks @IU_Wakilii for your concern, but, remember that what will be, will always be," he concluded.