The Middle Belt Forum, on Sunday, attacked the
immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over a recent
viral video in which he was captured explaining why he went for a Muslim deputy
governor instead of a Christian.
The MBF, in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Dr Isuwa Dogo, said El-Rufai’s remarks were anti-Christian,
describing him as a dangerous politician that must be avoided by President Bola
Tinubu.
In the video complained about, El-Rufai was captured telling
some Islamic clerics on the eve of his final day in office, in Hausa language
that “Why did I pick Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe to be my deputy in 2019? First,
I did a thorough calculation that most of those that are not Muslims don’t vote
for our party (the All Progressives Congress). Most of them. So, why should I
give them the deputy (governor) position?
“I did my calculation and I knew we could win the election
without giving them (position of deputy governor). That’s first. That’s a
purely political issue. It’s politics. You want to win an election, you’re
looking for people that will vote for you. We have observed that since we
started practising democracy, we know places we used to win elections and those
places we don’t. We’ve done that calculation politically. That’s the political
point of it.”
The MBF, in its statement, said El-Rufai’s comment validated
the fear of Islamisation in the country.
MBF said, “There is no doubt that this former governor
remains a clear present and future danger to the unity of our nation. He is
subtly working for a group that is unremittingly and persistently poised at
installing the supremacy of the Islamic faith in the corridor of power.
“Both Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State and President Bola
Ahmed Tinubu should be wary of associating with him. He must not be allowed
near the corridors of power.”
Furthermore, the MBF called on security agencies in the
country “not only to place the former governor under their radar, but 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. We hereby denounce
El-Rufai’s comments before the clerics as a shameless act of national hypocrisy
steeped in the premeditated plot to set adherents of both religions on war
path,” it added.
El-Rufai’s media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, neither took calls
nor responded to a text message to get his principal’s reaction.
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