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Blame El-Rufai if anything happens to me - Senator
There has been a lasting rift between Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central and Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna state governor.– Shehu Sani has accused the governor of using public funds to speak ill against him. – He described El-Rufai as a vicious man who cannot take criticisms Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Senator Shehu Sanni Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central senatial district on Monday, June 6, has described Mallam Nasir El-.rufai, Governor of Kadunna state as a desperate and drunken power maniac.
In a statement made available to newsmen including NAIJ.com, the senator said that El-Rufai should be blamed for any harm done to him. He said even after the condolence visit by the governor over the death of his mother, Elrufai has continued to use against the senator on local radio stations by using the state funds. He described Elrufai as a mean petit governor mean with a vicious history adding that he is a lilliputian despot who cannot take or stand criticism. Read full statement below.
“Our attention has been drawn to a hate speech and threat to life made by Governor Nasiru Elrufai against distinguished Senator Shehu Sani in the Governor’s circus christened as Town Hall meeting in Giwa Local government on 4th June 2016. “The governor reliably and evidently referred to Senator Sani,Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed,Isa Ashiru Kudan as “ants he will match and crush”.
We could have easily dismissed or ignore this statement as tantrums of an accidental governor high on weekend Marijuana,but we decided not to take things for granted in view of the petit Governor mean and vicious history and his allergy to criticism. “Also fresh in our mind is the mass killings and burial of members of the Islamic movement in Zaria last December.
We view his unguarded and provocative utterances as nothing but a hate speech and a direct threat to the Life of Senator Sani and others whom the Governor perceived as his “enemies”.We hold Governor Nasiru Elrufai personally responsible for any harm done on Senator Sani. “This statement is to publicly alert security agencies and the General public that in the event of any injury or assassination of Senator Shehu Sani,no one should be held responsible but Governor Nasiru Elrufai. “In Kaduna A Journalist, Dickson was jailed and a University lecturer Dr John Danfulani was jailed and suspended for criticizing the Governor,Killing Senator Shehu Sani will not give him the “quiet” he so much desires to continue with his anti people’s programs and policies in Kaduna state.
“It will interest the general public to know that after the dubious condolence visit by the Governor over the death of the Senator’s mother,Governor Elrufai continue to use state funds to sponsor attacks against The Senator on Local radio stations. He has even recently granted a personal interview on TVC television channel where he reigned invectives against the distinguished senator. “Elrufai is a desperate and drunken power maniac. He is a Lilliputian despot whose hearts and liver cannot take or stand criticism.He is a man angry with his height and frame.He is a man desperate to outshine PMB and all out to crush human beings he calls Ants on his way.
“Elrufai claimed he wants to make kaduna great again but he actually want to make it grave again,proven by his lethal threats against his perceived opponents. “We wish to advice Elrufai that he doesn’t need to crush ants or spill the blood of Senator Shehu Sani and others to realize his political ambitions.Elrufai is not appeased with his suspension of senator Sani from his pocketed state APC he has now resorted to threats of crushing and matching. “Elrufai is an affliction to the people of Kaduna; he is at war with clerics, teachers, workers, traditional rulers, physically challenged, journalists, doctors, politicians and the poor.
“The accidental governor used the ladder of criticism to mount to power and now he is afraid of his shadow.We advice Elrufai to use the waters of River Kaduna to build kaduna of his dream and if he must use blood he should use the blood of the abundant crocodiles in kaduna river and not that of distinguished senator Shehu Sani. “Nigerians should ask Elrufai why does he wish death for those who he perceived as his enemies. First he told his critics to climb Kufena Rock and die and now he calls them “Ants he wants to crush. “Elrufai abused IBB,PMB,Atiku,Obj,Yaradua,GEJ and they never called him an Ant that they must crush but he now wants to crush. “We wish to let Governor Elrufai know that threats of crushing or execution cannot deter us from our noble path in protecting our people.”
There has been a lingering rift between Shehu Sani and Nasir El-Rufai. Senator Sani has been very outspoken over some of Governor el-Rufai’s policies which he considers anti-masses. Sani had condemned the Kaduna carnival organised by the state government, accusing the governor of being insensitive to the plight of the Kaduna people by organising a music festival as the state and Nigeria faces economic and security challenges.