El-Rufai bangs on PSC’s door, says Kaduna top cops crossed the line. Big time.

By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun

It was a hot, dusty Monday. September 8, 2025. Nasir El-Rufai—yes, the former Kaduna governor, still fiery—scribbled his signature on a five-page letter and sent it racing to the Police Service Commission. The tone? Half formal memo, half fed-up rant. He accused the state’s Commissioner of Police and a handful of senior officers of, in his own words, “unlawful and unconstitutional stuff.” Big words, sharp edges.

El-Rufai wants the PSC to do more than file papers. He’s demanding an “immediate, impartial, exhaustive” probe. No delays, he warns. “I write as a citizen,” the petition says, almost like he needed to remind anyone of that little detail.

Context matters, right? Ten days earlier—August 30—El-Rufai and a few opposition pals sat in a Kaduna meeting hall when suspected political thugs barged in. Chairs flew, fists too. The ex-governor swears police officers stood there watching, hands in pockets, like a bad movie extra. He calls it collusion. The Command calls it, well, not that.

Twist: last week the same Command summoned El-Rufai and six African Democratic Congress bigwigs. Charges on the table include criminal conspiracy, public disturbance, mischief, even grievous hurt. Feels messy, maybe personal.

So now the ball sits with the PSC. Will they probe the cops, grill the ex-gov, or just shuffle more papers? No clear answer yet. But the dust in Kaduna? It’s still hanging, refusing to settle.