Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that Abubakar Idris-popularly known as Dadiyata-was abducted from his Kaduna residence by police officers dispatched from Kano State.

Addressing long-standing allegations on Arise Television on Friday, Mr El-Rufai stated that Mr Dadiyatta was never a critic of his administration, as has been widely speculated. Instead, he stated that the activist was a vocal critic of the former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje.

"Three years after he was abducted, a policeman who was posted from Kano to Ekiti State confessed to someone that they were sent from Kano to abduct Dadiyata and that the officer was worried about that. That is all I know," Mr El-Rufai ...