EFCC Seeks Warrant of Arrest on el-Rufai

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EFCC Seeks Warrant of Arrest on el-Rufai
From Yemi Akinsuyi in Abuja, 12.09.2009

A Federal High Court in Abuja will on February 9, 2010 determine whether to issue a bench warrant against former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.

In a swift reaction to the move to secure a warrant of arrest on the former minister, his counsel, in a statement said: "An arrest warrant issued by the Nigerian police against the popular reformer, Nasir El-Rufai has been denounced by his lawyer as groundless and "part of a campaign of intimidation." 

Robert Amsterdam, an international lawyer representing El-Rufai, has stated "invented not for the purpose of detention, but rather to dissuade the long-awaited return to Nigeria of el-Rufai."

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