{"id":194932,"date":"2026-02-14T11:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:22:50","slug":"shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"Shehu Sani Names Four Jailed for Criticizing El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has accused ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, of jailing four of his critics when he was in power.<\/p>\n<p>Sani\u2019s claim followed El-Rufai\u2019s recent comment describing President Bola Tinubu as a tyrant over an attempt to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p>Officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, had attempted to arrest the former governor at the Abuja airport when his returned from Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai, who spoke extensively on the matter during an interview on Friday, accused the government of persecuting the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Sani, in a post on X, said the former governor is more of a tyrant, stating that from 2015 to 2023, several persons were jailed for criticizing the Kaduna Government on social media.<\/p>\n<p>He identified the alleged victims as Dr John Danfulani, Mal Nasiru Jagaba, Steven Kefas and Segun Onibiyo.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cThese are some of those arrested and sent to jail for criticizing the Governor of Kaduna State and Kaduna State Government on their social media handles from 2015-2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir names are Dr John Danfulani, Mal Nasiru Jagaba, Steven Kefas and Segun Onibiyo who served for months in Kaduna Prison. Tell me the meaning of a tyrant. I will post more.\u201d<\/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 federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has accused ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, of jailing four of his critics when he was in power. Sani\u2019s claim followed El-Rufai\u2019s recent comment describing President Bola Tinubu as a tyrant over an attempt to arrest him. Officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Shehu Sani Names Four Jailed for Criticizing El-Rufai - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has accused ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, of jailing four of his cri ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shehu Sani Names Four Jailed for Criticizing El-Rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has accused ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, of jailing four of his cri ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T10:18:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T11:22:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771068152.012711.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1043\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"707\" \/>\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\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Shehu Sani Names Four Jailed for Criticizing El-Rufai\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-14T10:18:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-14T11:22:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771068152.012711.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/shehu-sani-names-four-jailed-for-criticizing-el-rufai\",\"name\":\"Shehu Sani Names Four Jailed for Criticizing El-Rufai - 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