Shehu Sani said, “No one will ever admit a man into his house who came with a sword stained with the blood of his brother”
By Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights activists, Shehu Sani, Deji Adeyanju and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri have slam immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai following his Monday night outburst.
El-Rufai during an interview on Arise TV criticized President Bola Tinubu, his administration and some key elements in the government.
During the interview, the former governor seemingly exonerated members of the National Assembly who screened him out, claimimg it was President Tinubu who didn’t want him in his cabinet.
Speaking on his rejection by the lawmakers, El-Rufai said, “The security thing was a good excuse they used. Since then, has anyone released that report telling us the security issue?”
He went on to allege that the National Security Adviser, (NSA), to the president, Nuhu Ribadu was behind the plot to tarnish his reputation, adding that the NSA is nursing presidential ambition to succeed President Tinubu in 2031 and that his plan is to eliminate any potential competition from the North.
Following the ex-governor’s claims, some loyalists of the president and other concerned Nigerians took to their social media handles to lambast him.
While countering El-rufai’s allegations via his X handle, former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, attributed President Tinubu’s decision to leave him out to lack of trust in the former governor.
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He wrote, “no Nigerian President in his right senses will ever closely embrace or trust a man who repeatedly celebrated and gloated about sending President Yar’adua to his grave.
“It’s a case of ‘if you can do this and say this about your own brother what about me?’
“No one will ever admit a man into his house who came with a sword stained with the blood of his brother.”
Similarly, activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju argued that El-rufai’s outburst was born out of his inability to secure the ministerial appointment.
“Nigerian politicians can only fool idiots, not me. All the noise-making and anger of El-rufai is because Tinubu denied him a ministerial position.
“They don’t love Nigeria, it’s about self and nothing else”, he wrote in a post on his Facebook page.
On his part, former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri said the erstwhile governor was fingered in the killing of innocent Kaduna residents.
He said, “Nasir el-Rufai’s government was indicted in the Zaria Shiite massacre of Saturday, December 12, 2015, where 438 Shiite men, women, children and infants were slaughtered in one of Africa’s worst human rights violations.
“Additionally, Mr. el-Rufai was specifically cited for demolishing the homes of his political opponents in Kaduna.
“Finally, his reckless utterances against Christians, whereby on Saturday, January 27, 2013, he insulted Jesus Christ, and on Friday, January 18, 2019, when he said, ‘Even if I bring the Pope, Christians will never vote for me’”.
In August 2023, the Senate withheld the confirmation of El-Rufai as Tinubu’s ministerial nominee, citing security reports from the State Security Service for its action.
