Audu Maikori, the Founder and Chairman of Chocolate City Entertainment Group, has alleged that former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, targeted and persecuted him over a tweet he later acknowledged was inaccurate and deleted.
Maikori made the allegation on Monday while featuring on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.
During the interview, Maikori drew a distinction between prosecution and persecution, insisting that his experience under El-Rufai’s administration amounted to the latter.
“El-Rufai persecuted me for a wrong tweet I acknowledged and took down. He organised for me to be abducted,” Maikori alleged.
He maintained that while he accepted responsibility for the inaccurate post, the response by the state government was excessive.
“A governor shouldn’t do the job of the police. My driver confessed he had lied about the information he gave me,” he said.
Maikori further claimed that after he was released by the police, efforts were allegedly made to implicate him in unrelated incidents.
“I was let go by the police, and the next weekend, El-Rufai was trying to link my tweet with the possible death of 7 people,” he stated.
