El-Rufai Media Team Petitions National, Global Bodies Over Alleged State-Sponsored Intimidation

The El-Rufai Media Team has issued a blistering but measured statement condemning what it describes as calculated intimidation against its members.

In a press release signed by its Lead, Ibrahim Modibo Sanusi, the group disclosed that several of its digital coordinators and supporters have received direct threats, some allegedly linked to individuals operating within official structures. The team characterized the development as a disturbing attempt to weaponize state influence against lawful political expression.

The lead of El-Rufai Media, Ibrahim Modibo Sanusi stated that democracy cannot survive where dissent is treated as a crime and advocacy is met with coercion. He stressed that the El-Rufai Media Team operates strictly within constitutional boundaries and will not be bullied into silence.

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According to him, efforts to intimidate online voices only expose institutional fragility and erode public trust. “The rule of law must never be selective,” the statement emphasized, warning that political suppression, whether subtle or overt, carries long-term consequences for national stability.

The group made it clear that it is neither disorganized nor vulnerable. A coordinated legal framework has been activated to defend the rights of its members, and the team signaled that it possesses substantial digital archives and media capacity that have not yet been deployed. It further underscored the existence of a strong Diaspora network prepared to elevate concerns onto global platforms if intimidation persists. The message was unmistakable: pressure will not produce silence; it will produce scrutiny.

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In what it described as a strategic and lawful response, the El-Rufai Media Team confirmed that it has submitted a formal petition titled “Deployment of Security Apparatus for Political Suppression and the Rise of State-Sponsored Intimidation in Kaduna State” to key oversight and diplomatic institutions.

These include the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission, the National Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United States Embassy Abuja, and the British High Commission Abuja.

Concluding the statement, Ibrahim Modibo Sanusi reaffirmed that this is not merely about one political camp but about safeguarding civic space for all Nigerians. The El-Rufai Media Team called on authorities to choose transparency over intimidation and accountability over suppression, insisting that the strength of any democracy is measured not by how it treats its allies, but by how it respects its critics.