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El-Rufai’s governance challenges affected all Kaduna, Tinubu loyalist says

From Vanguard · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • APC chieftain Khamis Musa Darazo said grievances over former Kaduna Governor Nasiru El-Rufai’s governance affected residents across Kaduna State.
  • Darazo rejected religious and regional interpretations of Defence Minister Christopher Musa’s remarks and said “our people” referred to Kaduna residents as a whole.
  • He urged Nigerians to avoid turning the issue into a religious or regional confrontation and focus on unity, justice, peace and security.

Khamis Musa Darazo, an All Progressives Congress chieftain in Bauchi State and a loyalist of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says the grievances linked to former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai were felt across Kaduna, not only in Southern Kaduna.

The reality is that the grievances surrounding El-Rufai’s style of governance were felt across Kaduna State and not exclusively by the people of Southern Kaduna.

· Khamis Musa DarazoDarazo argued that dissatisfaction with El-Rufai’s governance was not confined to one section of Kaduna.

Darazo made the comments in Bauchi while responding to what he called attempts to give a sectional or religious interpretation to recent remarks by Defence Minister Christopher Musa in an interview with Channels Television. He said Musa’s reference to “our people” should be understood as referring to Kaduna State residents generally.

“The reality is that the grievances surrounding El-Rufai’s style of governance were felt across Kaduna State and not exclusively by the people of Southern Kaduna,” Darazo said. He argued that the minister had not criticized El-Rufai on religious grounds.

The Minister did not call out Nasiru El-Rufai because he is a Muslim. That interpretation is completely misplaced.

· Khamis Musa DarazoHe rejected a religious interpretation of Defence Minister Christopher Musa’s remarks.

“The Minister did not call out Nasiru El-Rufai because he is a Muslim. That interpretation is completely misplaced,” he said, pointing to Tinubu and Kaduna Governor Uba Sani as Muslim leaders who, in his view, had continued efforts to reduce division and promote unity.

Our people can never mean only Southern Kaduna. It means the people of Kaduna State as a whole.

· Khamis Musa DarazoDarazo explained how he understood the minister’s use of the phrase “our people.”

Darazo said different communities had experienced different challenges and warned against using the dispute to deepen existing divisions. “Our people can never mean only Southern Kaduna. It means the people of Kaduna State as a whole,” he said. He called for responsible leadership focused on peace, justice, unity and security, adding, “Kaduna belongs to all its people, and no community should be made to feel that its experience does not matter.”

Kaduna belongs to all its people, and no community should be made to feel that its experience does not matter.

· Khamis Musa DarazoHe called for an inclusive approach to the dispute and to governance in Kaduna.
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