Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, ordered his arrest and is behind the alleged attempt to arrest him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday.

Speaking on Friday in an interview with Arise Television, the former governor claimed that Mr Ribadu personally ordered his arrest.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr El-Rufai was involved in a heated verbal exchange with security operatives at the Abuja airport, shortly after his arrival in the country.

According to eyewitness accounts, security officials briefly restrained him and confiscated his international passport before he was escorted out of the airport amid ...