He said, “There’s no way, I can not do that. I never ordered any AIG to arrest or detain anybody. I had the best ADC, the best policeman in Nigeria. He is from Kano.
“The police commissioner that was there then was from Adamawa. The AIG in that election was from Nasarawa, strictly Nasarawa from the North. Tell me how I will use my power to issue an order for somebody to be detained.
“There is no way I can do that, I didn’t ask anyone to do that, as Governor of Anambra State,” he said.
Remember how El-Rufai stated that in 2013, while Obi was governor of Anambra state, Obi had detained him there.
During an interactive session of the Arewa Joint Committee on Monday in Kaduna, El-Rufai said that Obi had kept him for 48 hours after arresting him.
El-Rufai said that Obi was running for re-election at the time under the banner of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
El-Rufai said that he visited Anambra at the time to observe the state's byelection for governor.
He said, “In 2013, I went to Anambra State as an official of the APC to witness the bye-election for the governorship.
“Your next guest, Peter Obi, as governor, got me arrested and detained for 48 hours in my hotel room.
“Now I’m the Governor of Kaduna State and he’s coming to Kaduna.
“In addition to the police and the State Secret Service, I have one Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army here, if I need to arrest and detain anyone.
“But we are northerners, we are civilised. We don’t do things like that.
“I wish you all safe journey back to your destinations,” he said.
El-Rufai said he had all the security architecture at his disposal now that the Labour Party candidate was coming into his domain.