The African Democratic Congress has criticised the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over the arrest of a former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s personal physician, alleging that the anti-graft agency also assaulted the ex-governor’s wife during a hospital visit.
The party, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the ICPC of denying El-Rufai access to proper medical care and violating his constitutional rights.
According to the ADC, El-Rufai was taken to the National Hospital, Abuja, for medical treatment, where doctors allegedly recommended his admission because of his health condition.
The party claimed that ICPC officials insisted on returning him to custody despite the recommendation, adding that protests by his wife and personal physician led to a confrontation.
“Information reaching us is that El-Rufai was billed for treatment at the National Hospital in Abuja today. But against the hospital’s advice that he would require hospitalisation in view of his failing health, officials of the ICPC insisted on returning him into custody. Protests by his personal physician and his wife led to scuffles during which his wife was assaulted and the doctor subsequently arrested,” the statement said.
