BREAKING: El-Rufai’s Son Takes Legal Action Against Blogger over EFCC’s Raid on Kaduna Residence

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Bello El-Rufai, the eldest son of the former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has taken a legal action against a blogger, Sabina Nkiru, for posting what he described as false news about him.

TheTalk.NG reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) described as false claims that it discovered $800 million, N700 billion cash, and drugs worth N1 trillion at the residence of Bello El-Rufai.

This was after Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, the member representing Kaduna North federal constituency in the house of representatives, described the viral claim that the EFCC raided his Kaduna residence as false.

Bello El-Rufai takes legal action against the Blogger

But on Friday, December 6, reports making the round on social media X claimed that Bello El-Rufai has sued the lady for defamation and publishing fake news of EFCC raiding his home.

El-Rufai’s son petitioned the Nigerian police through his lawyer Emmanuel Oni Esq.

See the petition below:

Blogger reacts, releases statement

In a swift reaction to the development, the blogger, Nkirukamma @SabinaNkiru released a terse statement to clarify her position on the matter.

She apologised to Honourable Bello El-Rufai and explained how she got the information of the EFCC raiding the lawmaker’s home in Kaduna state.

She tweeted:

“I saw a post with the author and i shared it with the name of the author. The author’s name is there…meaning the post isn’t mine.

“I discovered it’s false and still tagged it and posted that it’s false way before you reacted to it…that’s retraction even before you reacted to it. It’s called good faith.

“I apologize for sharing the false post. I never knew it was false. This is an apology.”

“Thank you.”

Source: TheTalk.NG

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