Nigeria, July 8 -- The wives of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in what they described as their family's "ordeal," urging that the former governor be granted his constitutional rights while facing trial.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Asiya el-Rufai, accompanied by co-wife Aichatou, said the family was not asking the president to stop the prosecution or interfere with the judicial process. Instead, they requested that el-Rufai be allowed access to medical care, his family, legal counsel and bail on reasonable terms.

The appeal followed the arrest of Professor Bello Abubakar, el-Rufai's personal physician, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Relat...