Member representing
Dutsinma/Kurfi constituency in the House of Representatives, Danlami Mohammed
Kurfi, narrowly escaped lynching by youths of his own constituency.
The constituents reportedly
attacked him over unfulfilled promises he made.
The lawmaker confirmed the
incident to Vanguard.
Kurfi explained that he was
attacked by the youths because of job opportunities he distributed.
He said some felt it was lopsided
and favoured a sect of religion against the other.
Kurfi described the attack as the
handiwork of mischief makers who are bent on using religion to cause or ferment
trouble.
His words: “The attack erupted
after I gave out about 25 slots of the job offer (10 slots at Teachers Board
and 15 slots at Federal University) and some disgruntled elements claimed the
sharing did not favour the Darika area.
“Those who said these are not
fair to me because as a lawmaker, everybody is mine irrespective of their sect.
And so the matter that I favoured Izala sect and don’t favour the Darika does not
arise.
“In the recent past, I built a
Juma’at mosque for the Darika sect, bought an Islamic school for them worth
about N1 million, so it is not true that the Darika sect are not favoured”.
He further said the offer was
shared based on merit and across board with each wards getting a slot each
while the main town got three slots.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayAdvertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com