Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, at his Abuja residence.
The meeting comes days after Tambuwal regained freedom from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), where he was quizzed over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals totalling ₦189 billion.
Tambuwal, a close political associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, had honoured an EFCC summons on Monday, August 11, 2025, arriving at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja around 11:30 a.m. He was released the following day after interrogation.
EFCC sources disclosed that the ongoing probe focuses on transactions allegedly linked to Tambuwal’s tenure as Sokoto State governor between 2015 and 2023, with investigators examining possible breaches of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Both El-Rufai and Tambuwal are opposition figures and members of the coalition that recently adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform ahead of the 2027 general elections.