A group in Kaduna State, under the aegis of the Kaduna Patriotic
Youths for Development yesterday, Sunday condemned Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, for
accusing the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor, over alleged involvement in the $9.3m smuggled into Johannesburg,
South Africa almost a fortnight ago.
The youths were unequivocal in flaying the former FCT
minister over a comment, which they claimed cast aspersion on the image of the
cleric, and current president of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
In a statement made available to newsmen yesterday in Kaduna,
the leader of the group, Mr. Danladi
Husseini-Abubakar, and the General Secretary, Ishaku Irimiya, respectively,
said the attack on the CAN leader was an attack on all Christians as well as
the Church of God, which must not be taken lightly.
The statement reads:
“It is unfortunate that the former minister has remained
consistent in his quest to smear the CAN President and indeed the Church of
God. This is not the first time El-Rufa’i has deployed his verbal venom and
obvious deep hate for the CAN leader and indeed the organisation and community
he leads.
“We view el-Rufa’i’s penchant for using abusive and berating
statements against CAN leadership as a crass display of arrogance and
disrespect for the entire Christian community in Nigeria, which Pastor
Oritsejafor leads.
”The former minister is known for his disrespect for elders
and leaders at all levels in this country. Little wonder he has no one to guide
his actions which are becoming inimical to the credibility of his own
personality as an accidental elite.
“Nigerians will never forget how el-Rufai flouted court
injunctions to indiscriminately demolish homes while rendering thousands of
families homeless, including the highly respected late Justice Bashir Sambo,
whom he threw out of his home in the middle of a storm”.
The group also urged the people of the state to be wary of
the former minister’s plot to contest the 2015 governorship election in the
state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress
“Kaduna people must be wary of this accidental politician,
who has no respect for human dignity. We have 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”,
it said.
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