Nigeria, March 14 -- Former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has accused the state government of using the police as Governor Uba Sani's 'kidnapping gang' to arrest Ja'afar Sani, a commissioner in El-Rufai's government.

A close associate of Mr Sani, Mansir Garki, told PREMIUM TIMES that security operatives arrested the former official on Thursday afternoon and immediately took him to court to obtain an order for his remand in a correctional facility.

Mr Sani was the Commissioner for Local Government, Education and Environment in Mr El-Rufai's government.

Another of his former commissioners, Bashir Saidu, spent 50 days in detention after the state government accused him of embezzling state funds..

Mr Sani defected to the Social Democrati...