- Former special assistant to ex-President Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has slammed Governor Nasir El-Rufai for ordering EFCC to only arrests members of the opposition party
- Omokri said Nasir El-Rufai is always eager to arrest his critics while he has not fulfilled his vow to arrest Arewa youths
- The former presidential aide however said the Arewa youths kept appearing at TV stations and radio stations moving freely in Kaduna and El-Rufai cannot arrest them
Former special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has lambasted the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, for his refusal to fulfill his vow to arrest Arewa youth leaders who asked Igbos residing in the Northern part of Nigeria to vacate the region.
Omokri made this reaction over El-rufai’s order of investigation into the attack on Senators Shehu Sani and Suleiman Hunkuyi, some House of Reps members and a handful of journalists in Kaduna on Sunday, July 30.
NAIJ.com gathered that Omokri wrote on his Facebook page: “By the way, I remind Nasir El-Rufai, who is extraordinarily super fast to arrest his critics, that he has not fulfilled his vow to arrest the quit notice Arewa youths!
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“Funny enough they keep appearing at TV stations and radio stations and move about publicly and freely in Kaduna. It is very strange that El-Rufai cannot find them.
“One would have thought that the same El-Rufai who could trace Fulani herdsmen to Niger and other nations to offer them money would be able to trace the quit notice Arewa youths.''
He also described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as an arm of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) instructed to unjustly hound and cower opposition voices.
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He said: “Murtala Nyako, an APC member belonging to President Muhammadu Buhari’s 97% voting bloc was accused of stealing ₦29 billion. He applied to travel abroad for medical treatment before Justice Abang and the EFCC DID NOT oppose his application and it was granted.
“Olisa Metuh a PDP member belonging to President Muhammadu Buhari’s 5% voting bloc is accused of having received NSA funds of ₦400 million and using it for campaigning for the PDP (note that he was not accused of stealing).
“He applied to travel abroad for a spinal injury to the same Justice Abang and the EFCC opposed his application and it was denied despite tendering reports from multiple neurosurgeons. Think about that before you come here to tell me that this current EFCC is not an arm of the APC.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai condemned the Sunday, July 30 attack on the premises of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
A statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, Senior Special Assistant to Governor El-Rufai on media and publicity quoted him as saying that nobody will be allowed to stifle freedom of expression.
Watch this NAIJ.com TV video of the devastation left behind in attacks on southern Kaduna: