El-Rufai: Atiku warns against using courts to punish opposition (opens original article in a new tab)

Atiku Abubakar criticized the Federal High Court for imposing unreasonably strict bail conditions on former Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, warning that such conditions could be used to target political opponents and undermine constitutional rights.

• Atiku Abubakar condemned the Federal High Court's refusal to review bail conditions for Mallam Nasir El-Rufai
• Atiku warned that excessive bail conditions could be used to punish political opponents
• Atiku emphasized that bail should not be a tool for pre-conviction detention