Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has alleged a plot by security agencies to doctor audio and visual recordings purportedly linked to former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in a bid to tarnish his image and justify his continued detention.
Frank, in a statement on Friday, claimed that El-Rufai has been subjected to “intense surveillance” while in custody and alleged that conversations involving the former governor, his lawyers and family members were being secretly recorded.
According to him, the alleged recordings were being manipulated through artificial intelligence technology to incriminate the former governor.
“Nasir El-Rufai has been subjected to intense surveillance even in detention,” Frank alleged.
“The ICPC, where he is being held, has collaborated with the DSS to bug his room. They have countless hours of voice and visual recordings of his conversations, including those with his lawyers and family members,” he said.
Frank further claimed that operatives were allegedly reviewing the recordings “to select those that can best be doctored.”
“The plan is to use AI to distort some of these recordings to frame El-Rufai. Their plan is to then leak some of these doctored recordings to the press,” he alleged.
Describing the development as part of a broader agenda against the former governor, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, said the alleged plot was aimed at damaging El-Rufai’s reputation and prolonging his detention.
“It is all a part of the agenda to destroy El-Rufai, tarnish his reputation and keep him in custody,” Frank stated.