{"id":82790,"date":"2026-02-16T13:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82790"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:39:35","slug":"el-rufai-asks-ribadu-to-clarify-alleged-importation-of-toxic-chemical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/16\/el-rufai-asks-ribadu-to-clarify-alleged-importation-of-toxic-chemical\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai Asks Ribadu to Clarify Alleged Importation of Toxic Chemical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has asked the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), headed by Nuhu Ribadu, to clarify reports alleging it imported 10 kilograms of thallium sulphate from Poland.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai said in a post on X on Sunday that he had formally written to Ribadu, describing the alleged procurement as a matter of public safety and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>He said opposition leaders were informed that ONSA recently acquired the chemical, which he described as an odourless and colourless toxin capable of causing serious harm.<\/p>\n<p>In his letter, El-Rufai requested details on the purpose of the importation, the intended end-user, the supplier, and whether the transaction was authorised under valid chemical or defence permits.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked about the quantity and concentration procured, storage arrangements, and whether agencies such as NAFDAC and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control were involved in risk assessment.<\/p>\n<p>ONSA had not responded as of press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has asked the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), headed by Nuhu Ribadu, to clarify reports alleging it imported 10 kilograms of thallium sulphate from Poland. El-Rufai said in a post on X on Sunday that he had formally written to Ribadu, describing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82793,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82790\/revisions\/82793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}