The manhunt launched by the Department of State Security Services (SSS) on the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai may have yielded some result as the service declared that it has discovered his hideout in the Federal Capital Territory.
The Service (SSS) had twice on Friday afternoon and evening invaded the home of the former Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but was unable to unable to effect his arrest as he was said to be unavailable.
El-Rufai had insisted that the SSS can only arrest him if they have a warrant of arrest as required by law.
Determined to get El-Rufai, the SSS claimed it has secured a warrant from a competent court to arrest El-Rufai, but cannot find him to serve the warrant on him personally. It however vowed to fish him out wherever he may be hiding.
READ: SSS Vows to Fish Out El-Rufai as Search for His Where About Continues
True to their words, the Tribune reports that:
A source in the service told the Sunday Tribune that operatives have located the former minister who is believed to be hiding in the home of his friend at Minister’s Hill, Maitama, Abuja.
Operatives of the service had, on Friday, invaded the Abuja home of Mallam el-Rufai following his failure to honour an invitation extended to him on Thursday.
The former minister was invited by the SSS to explain the provocative statement credited to him in a media report on Thursday. But he was nowhere near the house when the operatives visited.
It was also learnt on Saturday that a lawyer friend of the former minister had volunteered to take him to the headquarters of the SSS on Monday.
It was learnt that the lawyer had already given his words to the DSS on the issue.
A highly placed source in the know said: “His (el-Rufai) lawyer says he’ll come with him to our office on Monday. We are taking him on his words. We know where he is hiding in his friend’s house at the Minister’s Hill in Maitama. We are not moving in on him. We believe his lawyer is a gentleman. But if by Monday he refuses to come then we know what to do. We are still extending our usual civility to him,” the source stated.
