ADC chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo has alleged that the incarceration of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, led to his mother’s death.

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) had earlier detained El-Rufai for alleged corruption during his tenure as governor.

He was then charged before the Kaduna State High Court and later granted bail.

El-Rufai’s mother died while he was in detention, and he was subsequently given administrative bail to attend her funeral.

Reacting to the incident, Okonkwo said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is attempting to use the judiciary.

In an interview with Symponi TV, Okonkwo said: “APC wants to use the lawyers and the judiciary; why am I saying that they want to use the judiciary?

“I give you a good example of what happened in El-Rufai’s case; as far as I’m concerned, it’s the incarceration of El-Rufai that killed his mother.

“You know when mothers get to that age, they are so sentimental, they become so emotional.

“Let me tell you, somebody told my mother that thieves stole from the houses of some of her children. She felt so bad that they had to call preachers to come and start preaching to her that nothing is wrong.

“Then you can imagine an aged woman of 90 years, and you are telling her that they arrested her son, some people might tell her that her son has died, that is what killed her, in my own opinion.

“When the woman died, that is when they remembered that they would release El-Rufai without a court order, meaning that they are the ones using the judiciary, because you can’t disobey the order of the court.” (Text, excluding headline: The Sun)