El-Rufai Airport Saga: Five Security Officers Arrested Over Security Breach Faces Prosecution

An inter-agency investigation panel which probed the former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, saga at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja on the 12th February, 2026, has indicted five security officers for alleged compromise.

The defaulting security officers who had since been arrested and handed over to Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution, had all confessed, according to sources.

The joint investigation was carried out by Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Federal Ministry of Aviation.

The indicted officers currently in detention awaiting arraignment are: Ayuba YAKUBU (ASP) – POLICE, Murtala Inuwa – DSS, Najeeb MURTALA (ASI) – NIS, Musa ADAMU – Aviation Security ( AVSEC) and  Salihu VICTOR – AVSEC.

“They have all confessed to receiving bribes to facilitate unauthorized entry into Restricted Areas, to obstruct lawful security operation in an unprecedented manner.

“They have been handed over to Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution.

“Others from NIS and NCS whose involvement is not criminal; that is, did not receive bribe, but abuse their uniforms to facilitate unauthorized access, will face administrative action.”