My attention has been drawn to claims by the Governor of Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, to the effect that he was persecuted under the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and was pencilled down for arrest in furtherance of the second term bid of the former President. Advertisement Nothing could be further from the truth, as the facts will now bare out. Nigerians may recall that Mr. El-Rufai was on a self imposed exile during the administration of the late great President Umar Musa Yar’adua. Mr. El-Rufai only returned to Nigeria on May 5, 2010, the very same day that President Yar’adua died.