…Accuses him of plot to destroy Nigeria’s Secularity
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has asked security agencies to investigate the former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai for plotting to destroy the secularity of Nigeria.
The socio-cultural organisation in a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Isuwa Dogo stated that El-rufai is a danger to the present and future unity of Nigeria.
MBF was reacting to a trending video where the former governor was addressing Muslim clerics on the issue of religious dominance in the country.
The group called on Nigeria’s security agencies to place the former governor under its radar.
The statement reads, “The attention of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has been drawn to the provocative pronouncements by the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, while addressing a select group of Islamic clerics after the conclusion of the highly disputed presidential and governorship polls.
“As the socio-cultural organisation for ethnic nationalities that are mostly Christians of the Middle Belt Region, the Forum is outraged by the devious attempt by el-Rufai and co-travelers to push Nigeria down the slippery slope of religious tension and bigotry.
“He should be invited by the secret police for a chat. Considering the comments he made before the clerics, the man who suffers from an inferiority complex must be considered as a dangerous politician riding on the wings of religion for relevance.
“The Forum hereby denounce el-Rufai’s comments before the clerics as a shameless act of national hypocrisy steeped in the plot to set adherents of both religions on war path.
The Forum added, “The public outrage over the el-Rufai’s video clip demonstrates the level of disappointment by Nigerians over the former governor’s outburst that was aimed at inflaming religious conflagration in order to destabilise the Nigerian State.
“El-Rufai’s unfortunate comments portray him as a divisive leader who not only thrives in creating chaos, but also reveal him as an irredeemable religious extremist whose antecedents as Kaduna Governor showcase him as a manipulative enemy of the Nigerian state that mustn’t be allowed into the corridor of power.
“The video clip in which the former Kaduna governor exposed himself as a contemptible and appalling religious bigot, who is out to enthrone the supremacy of his faith in Nigeria unveils his hypocrisy and his innermost desire to work against the secularity of the Nigerian State.
“If there has been any doubt of his complicity and dubiousness in the promotion of religious tension in Nigeria; his meeting with the Islamic clerics leaves no one in doubt that he is the most dangerous politician in the country today.
“His eight years in power as governor was characterised with massive killings and decimation of Christian-dominated areas of Southern Kaduna.
“He acted unconcerned with the genocidal attacks on Southern Kaduna where scores of communities were decimated and thousands killed, including denying them political appointments in order to ensure their dominance through subtle deployment of religion.
“Nigerians are now aware that despite denials of the Islamisation agenda, el-Rufai has come out to declare in broad daylight the reasons behind the same-faith ticket, thereby driving the imperatives for citizens to wake up to the orchestrated plot of enthroning the dominance of his religion over others in Nigeria.
“The former governor remains a clear present and future danger to the unity of Nigeria. He may be subtly working for a group that is assiduously poised at enthroning the supremacy of the Islamic faith in the corridor of power. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should be wary of associating with him,” MBF added.
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