This police action follows a series of violent disruptions involving suspected government-backed thugs who attacked an ADC and Social Democratic Party (SDP) coalition meeting last week in Kaduna. The attack occurred in the presence of deployed police officers, resulting in injuries to several attendees and damage to vehicles, including one belonging to El-Rufai. The police later sealed the ADC State Secretariat at Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna, hours before the scheduled visit of the party's North-West leadership to express solidarity with those affected by the violence.
El-Rufai publicly condemned the police summons and actions as unconstitutional and a violation of legal process. In a press statement delivered at his residence, he asserted that the police commissioner presented an unrecognised court order allegedly barring the ADC meeting, which had not been properly served to the party. He described the police conduct as a "dangerous descent into lawlessness", affirming the intention to challenge the police actions through legal channels, including the Supreme Court if necessary.