El-Rufai Finally Opens Up on Dadiyata’s Abduction in Trending Video
- Nasir El-Rufai discussed the mysterious abduction of critic Dadiyata, missing since 2019
- A police confession revealed that Dadiyata's abduction involved cross-state operations from Kano to Kaduna
- Reactions trailed Rufai's disclosure as questions linger about what really happened in Dadiyata's case
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FCT, Abuja - Former governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has come out to say that social media critic and lecturer, Abubakar 'Dadiyata' Idris, was a critic of the Kano state government under Abdullahi Ganduje and not the Kaduna state government.
El-Rufai further stated that he didn’t know Dadiyata until after his family reported his abduction to the police.
Source: Twitter
He alleged that police operations from Kano state kidnapped Dadiyata from his residence in Kaduna and remains missing since 2019.
The chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) said three years after Dadiyata’s abduction, a policeman posted from Kano to Ekiti confessed to someone that they were sent from Kano and abducted Dadiyata, and felt bad about it.
He stated this during an interview on Arise News on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Nigerians react as El-Rufai discusses Dadiya's abduction
Legit.ng compiled some reactions below:
@Aladecho5
Why did it take this long to say this? Many people believed your government arrested and detained Daddiya.
@realgazakure
He could provide security for Dadiyata in Kaduna, and he was picked in KD as he claimed, but he couldn't do anything. As the chief security officer of Kaduna state, he should have fully investigated the case.
@Banjy47
It doesn't matter whose critic he was; he was abducted on Kaduna soil while El-Rufai was the Chief Security Officer of that state. To dismiss it as a Kano problem while a citizen vanishes from your own backyard is the definition of administrative indifference. Six years later, the question remains: #WhereIsDadiyata?
@Usmanrdabai
Elrufai is playing ignorant while a police officer literally confessed to a cross-state kidnapping. The disconnect is staggering.
@KingZahyd
If a Governor knows about a confession from a policeman sent from another state to abduct a citizen on his soil, why was there no arrest? Since when did Kaduna become a playground for cross-border abductions without consequences? 6 years later, and all we get are stories. Where is Dadiyata?
@AbdullahiAlebo
Wait, did he say Ganduje was a suspect about dadiyata abduction??
@A_A_Gda
Is he accusing Ganduje of being responsible for the abduction?
@AbeebFajobi
This is what his son said during that period. Although he has deleted the tweet, receipt dey and God dey But Elrufai is claiming he didn't know about it, but his son knows better then.
Source: Twitter
El-Rufai tells Atiku why Tinubu must be stopped
Legit.ng also reported that El-Rufai urged the opposition to unite against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
El-Rufai explained that the recent airport incident intensified his resolve to challenge the ruling APC administration in the next poll.
The former governor's legal team had criticised the alleged unlawful arrest attempt, asserting a lack of proper procedure by security operatives.
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