2015: Group rejects El-Rufai’s Kaduna governorship ambition

From Mohammad Ibrahim, Kaduna

Kaduna Patriotic Youths for Development (KYPD) has berated former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufa’i over his plan to contest the 2015 gubernatorial election in Kaduna State.

The group warned citizens of the state from voting El-Rufai describing him as an accidental politician who doesn’t have respect for humanity.

This was contained in a   statement by the group signed by its National Coordinator, Mr. Danladi Husseini Abubakar and General Secretary, Ishaku Kefas Irimiya made available to newsmen in the state yesterday.

The group described the former minister’s recent comments against CAN’s president as a direct attack on all Christians in the country as well as the Church of God.

 “Kaduna people must be wary of this accidental politician, who has no respect for human dignity. We fear for the people and we want them to reject El-Rufa’i and halt his inordinate political ambition even before the primary election of his party. It is clear that his arrogance has not left him and he certainly plans to unleash another regime of tyranny on the people,” the group said.

KYPD said as a state with diverse ethnic and religious groups, the former minister has already lost the support of Kaduna people, through his regular accusations of the CAN leadership.

The group calls on the former minister to retract all his negative comments and should desist from using abusive words against the leadership of CAN in future.

“We also call on the leadership of CAN and indeed all Christians in Nigeria to ignore El-Rufa’i. His noise is mere show of desperation from a man lacking direction while lost in the wilderness.”