Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, recalled how Peter Obi, the state’s then-governor, allegedly seized and held him in Anambra State in 2013.
El-Rufai claims that while he was in the Southeast state in 2013 as an All Progressives Congress (APC) representative to observe the bye-election for governor, he was harassed by security personnel at the State Governor’s direction.
The APC leader claimed that now that he is the governor of Kaduna State and that Obi, who is also the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, is visiting the state for talks ahead of the 2023 elections.
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El-Rufai pointed out that he had the tools at his disposal to detain and arrest anyone if he so desired, but that because he is civilized, he would not.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, El-Rufai made this statement to party stakeholders during a meeting of the Arewa joint committee, which also included Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, and Kashim Shettima, Shettima’s running partner.
El-Rufai’s statement reads: “In 2013 I went to Anambra State as an official of the APC to witness the bye-election for the governorship.
“Your next guess, Peter Obi was the governor. He got me arrested and detained for 48hours in my hotel room.
“Now I am the Governor of Kaduna State, and he is coming to Kaduna. In addition to the police and the SSS, I have one mechanized division, Nigerian Army here.
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“If I need to arrest and detain anyone but we are northerners, we are civilized.
“We don’t do things like that. I wish you all a safe journey to your destination. God bless you,” the Kaduna State Governor said.
Watch El-Rufai below in the programme covered by TVC:
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