The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has temporarily released the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, following the death of his mother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai, on Friday.

The temporary freedom is to enable the former governor to perform the funeral rites of his late mother, who died in Cairo, Egypt, after a period of sickness.

El-Rufai’s son, Bashir, confirmed his father’s release in a post on his X handle Friday night.

“Alhamdulillah. My beloved great legend of a father (@elrufai) is being released from his unlawful and illegal detention at the hands of one of the most corrupt agencies in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which is a lame excuse for a pathetic institution.

“Thank you all for all the support. Our family shall never forget these times. We have overcome, as the El-Rufai’s always do,” he wrote.