{"id":194884,"date":"2026-02-14T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai"},"modified":"2026-02-14T11:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:59:21","slug":"apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"APC thinks everyone is thief like them \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying it things everyone is a thief like them when in government.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise Television on Friday, El-Rufai said the current administration is desperate and determined to bring down anyone who is not on their side.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, attempted to arrest him on Thursday, a development which has sparked widespread debate in every quarter of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current administration is desperate and determined to bring down everyone. They think we were thieves like them when in government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have investigated me since June 2023 and have found nothing. They arrested my former Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Finance, and virtually all my senior officials have been interrogated and charged to court with frivolous charges, and nothing has been found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are using my successor, Uba Sani, as the enabler. I have worked in public office from 1999 to 2007. I challenge any Nigeria to come out and expose me if I ever took one aided bribe while in public office,\u201d El-Rufai said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying it things everyone is a thief like them when in government. Speaking during an interview on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise Television on Friday, El-Rufai said the current administration is desperate and determined to bring down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APC thinks everyone is thief like them \u2013 El-Rufai - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying it things ev ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC thinks everyone is thief like them \u2013 El-Rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying it things ev ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T09:54:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T10:59:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771066673.846725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC thinks everyone is thief like them \u2013 El-Rufai\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-14T09:54:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-14T10:59:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai\"},\"wordCount\":212,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771066673.846725.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-thinks-everyone-is-thief-like-them-el-rufai\",\"name\":\"APC thinks everyone is thief like them \u2013 El-Rufai - 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