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EL-RUFAI: ‘Peter Obi is a tribal bigot’

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has stoked the flames of ethno-religious controversy as he described former Anambra State governor and PDP presidential running mate, Peter Obi, as a “tribal bigot”.

The governor made the statement on Friday.

El-Rufai reacted to a tweet that read, “Peter Obi bundled some northerners, mostly those who engaged in menial jobs for survival & marched them in trailer load back to their base. To him, these guys had no business being in Anambra State”.

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Responding via his verified Twitter account, El-Rufai said, “Peter Obi is a tribal bigot. He was widely quoted on national television that the SSS was right to detain me for 48 hours in an hotel in 2014 on the grounds that “El-Rufai has no business being in Anambra State as it is not Katsina State”! I sued the SSS and awarded N4m damages”.

Prior to this tweet by the Kaduna governor, there have been echoes across social media of alleged ethno-religious discrimination against Hausa-Fulani Muslims in Anambra by Obi while governor.

Some cite his alleged demolition of mosques and requirement of northern residents to carry passes, as strong evidences.

 

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