El-Rufai: Onoh appeals to Tinubu for clemency

ABUJA — Former Southeast spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Denge.Josef Onoh, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in the legal challenges facing former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and consider granting him clemency.

Onoh, who is also Chairman of the Forum of Former Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, made the appeal in an open letter dated September 24, 2026, addressed to Tinubu through the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.

In the letter titled, “An Appeal for Compassion and Royal Intervention in the Plight of Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai,” Onoh urged the President to prioritise reconciliation and statesmanship in dealing with the former governor’s situation.