Audu Maikori, Founder and Chairman of Chocolate City Entertainment, has alleged that former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, persecuted him over a tweet he later admitted was inaccurate and deleted.
Maikori made the allegation on Monday during an appearance on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television.
During the interview, he distinguished between prosecution and persecution, insisting that his experience under El-Rufai’s administration fell into the latter category.
“El-Rufai persecuted me for a wrong tweet I acknowledged and took down.
He organised for me to be abducted,” Maikori alleged.
He said that although he accepted responsibility for the inaccurate post, the response from the state government was excessive.
“A governor shouldn’t do the job of the police. My driver confessed he had lied about the information he gave me,” he said.
Maikori further claimed that after he was released by the police, attempts were allegedly made to link him to unrelated incidents.
“I was let go by the police, and the next weekend, El-Rufai was trying to link my tweet with the possible death of 7 people,” he stated.
“What I went through with El-Rufai was persecution… they (Police) released me and then he (Nasir El-Rufai) came back and organised for me to be abducted.”
