Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has released a startling series of allegations against the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, regarding a historical plot to destroy Africa Independent Television.
In a detailed statement issued on Sunday, March 15, 2026, Fani-Kayode corroborated claims made by publisher Jackson Ude concerning El-Rufai’s tenure as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The former minister alleged that El-Rufai did not merely seek to revoke the land titles of the broadcast station but actively moved to illegally confiscate its property and demolish structures in defiance of valid court orders.
Most significantly, Fani-Kayode claimed that after being instructed to cease harassment of the late Raymond Dokpesi, El-Rufai allegedly hatched a plan to burn the entire AIT facility to the ground, intended to be disguised as an electrical fault.
According to the statement, this extreme measure was only averted through the intervention of several high-ranking insiders within the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, including the Chief of Staff and the then-Chairman of the EFCC.
Fani-Kayode wrote, “Worse amongst them is the fact that, after Nasir was directed to desist from harrassing Dokpesi & AIT, he resorted to planning to burn the whole place down!”
Fani-Kayode used these historical grievances to frame his current anxieties regarding El-Rufai’s recent public comments.
He expressed grave concern over El-Rufai’s allegations concerning the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the importation of chemical weapons.
Fani-Kayode suggested that given the former governor’s purported history of draconian agendas and depravity, there is a risk that such weapons could be used in a false flag operation to destabilize the federal government.
He concluded by urging security agencies to take these claims seriously, citing El-Rufai’s inability to stomach criticism as a persistent threat to national safety and democratic discourse......…