Nigeria, May 19 -- Family members of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, protested at the headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja over his continued detention and alleged breach of court orders.

They were joined by the senator representing Kaduna Central, Lawal Adamu, and other supporters who demanded the immediate return of Mr El-Rufai to the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The family said they were alarmed that the former governor was taken into SSS custody instead of returning him to the ICPC as ordered by the court.

They said two subsisting court orders from the High Court of Kaduna State required that he be remanded in ICPC custody. ...