Views: Visits 23 Governor Nasir El-Rufai By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria and the very few persons misleading President Muhammadu Buhari. He maintained that the Kaduna state Governor was a sycophant, ethnic champion and religious bigot who hated anyone who did not share the same faith with him. The Benue state Governor who in a statement weekend in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Terver Akase, was a reaction to a statement credited to the Kaduna state Governor who alleged that Governor Ortom was attacking the federal government over insecurity in his state to cover his failures
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide described El-Rufai s assertion as idiotic and laughable.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 08, 2021
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the statement credited to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, that the South-East region will not get the 2023 Presidency by insulting and threatening other Nigerians.
In a statement on Friday by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the group described El-Rufai s assertion as idiotic and laughable.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo
It stated that the 2023 Igbo presidency belonged to the Igbo and the Kaduna State governor should stop blackmailing the region and focus on the security challenges confronting his state.
Insecurity: Ortom Attacks FG To Hide His Failure – El-rufai. Ortom Fires Back
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, uses the insecurity in his state to attack the Federal Government in order to cover up his own failure.
El-Rufai, therefore, stated that he no longer takes Ortom seriously.
The Kaduna governor said this while responding to a video showing Ortom addressing protesters after some killings in Benue State.
The video was played during a webinar organised by the Africa Leadership Group.
Responding, el-Rufai said, “I did not hear what Governor Ortom said (in the video) but I know him and he is not somebody I take very seriously, frankly. He has other issues of governance that he is using the Federal Government as a punching bag to distract attention from his failures.
We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment – El-Rufai
Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo
Published 7 May 2021
Eniola Akinkuotu, Victor Ayeni and Godwin Isenyo
Published 7 May 2021
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process.
El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only be considered as collateral damage, a price he would be willing to pay instead of paying ransom.