The Arewa Progressive Youths League has criticised Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai for downplaying the seniority of northern elders, claiming that such a remark was disrespectful to them.
According to news sources, El-Rufai stated in an interview with the BBC that there is nothing like elders because age does not signify responsibility.
In his word: “On the issue of elders, there is nothing like elders; I am also an elder; I will be 63 years old this year, 2023, so who are the elders in the North?” We, the Northern governors, are the elders, and we are the leaders of the North. Age does not indicate being responsible.”
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In response to the remark, Arewa group leader Sanusi Ibrahim said in a statement on Tuesday that it was insane for such a man to make such a broad generalization about revered northern elders.
He also warned the northern people not to let down their guard and fall for El-lies Rufai’s and deceptions as he poses as a regular man.
He said: “It is, therefore, the highest peak of insanity for such a man with a questionable pedigree to make such sweeping generalisation against the respected northern elders, custodians of the northern values and expect to get away with it.
“We find it ridiculous and insulting to the collective sensibilities of the ordinary everyday Nigerians for El-Rufai, with his despotic tendencies as a political leader to have the audacity to pose today as a defender of the poor and the vulnerable.”
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