{"id":196518,"date":"2026-03-04T07:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wiretapping-you-didnt-mention-taking-my-bank-tokens-el-rufais-wife-to-icpc"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:35:54","slug":"wiretapping-you-didnt-mention-taking-my-bank-tokens-el-rufais-wife-to-icpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wiretapping-you-didnt-mention-taking-my-bank-tokens-el-rufais-wife-to-icpc","title":{"rendered":"Wiretapping: You didn\u2019t mention taking my bank tokens \u2013 El-Rufai\u2019s wife to ICPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wife of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Hadiza, has knocked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over its claims of recovering phone-tapping devices from her residence in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Hadiza said ICPC forgot to mention that it took away her bank tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Hadiza assured that those items are not wiretapping devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@icpcnigeria You forgot to mention that you also took away my bank tokens. I swear to God, they are not wiretapping equipment,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai\u2019s son, Mohammed Bello, had earlier accused the ICPC of orchestrating a smear campaign against his father by \u201cweaponizing\u201d his constitutional right to remain silent.<\/p>\n<p>Bello said it is \u201cdeeply unfortunate\u201d that a statutory body had \u201cdescended into what can only be described as a circus of chicanery\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wife of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Hadiza, has knocked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over its claims of recovering phone-tapping devices from her residence in Abuja. Hadiza said ICPC forgot to mention that it took away her bank tokens. 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