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At the event in Kaduna where the immediate former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, told some Muslim clerics why he chose to run a Muslim-dominated government in Kaduna State, the former governor also spoke about President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

PREMIUM TIMES earlier published the transcript of what Mr El-Rufai said about his decision to promote a Muslim-Muslim governorship ticket in Kaduna. We became aware of the second part of the video after the first part had been published.

Mr El-Rufai made the commenta in Hausa. Below is the English translation.

“Now, a lot has been said about the federal government. It’s true what Professor Akintola said, we the APC governors and we decided that the South should produce the next president because that was the promise that was made. It was a verbal agreement but God knows whether an agreement was written or verbal. When we discovered that some people were scheming that a northerner must be the next president, we said no. This is not what we are. We are Muslims, we’re northerners, we’ve traditions and we can’t back down on our pledges. We said no. That was the first step.

“The next step, when they agreed with that or when they noticed that they could do nothing, they backed down. We sat down to decide on who would be able to win the seat because he has what it takes to win an election and secondly we can bring an end to politics of religion and ethnicity in this country. We decided on Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu). When we took the decision to support Asiwaju, I was not on good terms with him, we were fighting. But Professor Akintola came with their leaders from Lagos and commended us for deciding that a Southerner should emerge. They said the Yoruba in the South-west have problems. When a Muslim wants to contest an election they’ll say he shouldn’t contest because he will not win an election. What they believed was that it’s only a Christian from the South-west who can contest so a Muslim from the North is selected as his vice. They said it has not happened since Abiola; they wanted to replicate that. We asked them to go and decide on who would contest and they said Asiwaju. I told them I’m not on good terms with him but he (Akintola) said we should reconcile for the sake of Islam and I said we will reconcile.

“Asiwaju got the ticket and when he got it we knew he would have no option but to pick a Muslim as his vice; if not, he would lose the election. Just as I said, politics is all about calculation, there is no room for manoeuvre. God knows our intention. And I swear to God we stood our ground to actualise that, we didn’t do it for our gain. Myself and Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, didn’t do it for any gain. Maybe the others needed something but me and Matawalle I did that to bring an end to the religious issue and to give Muslims from the South-west a sense of belonging to rule. And God… despite the religious gang-up, God made Asiwaju the winner.

“What we are able to achieve in Kaduna, we’ve now achieved it on the national level. There is no liar that can say he will do politics of Christianity and win the election. Peter Obi tried it but this is where he is now. We’ve brought an end to that. They’ve kept quiet. Ever since Asiwaju emerged, CAN has remained mute. This is how to ensure peace and stability in this country. If we do it again and again everything will be normal. To God, that was what we did. And some of us believe we’ve finished our work. Asiwaju has won and we’ve done our part. Our call is for you to pray for him to get the right people to work with.”

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/603360-transcript-of-el-rufais-controversial-statement-about-peter-obi-tinubu-can-2023-elections.html

Full??

wow wow... just wow.
This changes the context entirely.

The previous news was really worrying. But some folks have already gone away with that message, this one will probably not spread as fast and as wide as the other.

Elrufai is without a doubt, A Chilling Portrait of a Dangerous Figure"

They crucified this man for nothing.

El rufai is a christian hating demon

This is not what we are. We are Muslims, we’re northerners, we’ve traditions and we can’t back down on our pledges. We said no. That was the first step.

See this demon telling the world the Christians up north are inconsequential in the scheme of things.

There's no need reading an evil man script, wertin you wn learn from am.

Hmm, this script is heavily loaded with religious intolerance. For El Rufai, power must rotate North-South and Religion in whichever turn must be Islam. Politics of Religion will not help this country. It will be really deadly to descend to emphasizing Religion in the manner of chest beating. If Power rotates North-South, Religious balance is also a necessity.

Obi will come and jail if after we reclaim our mandate

Obi will come and jail if him after we reclaim our mandate

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These are the days of great awakening in this country

APC is playing one of the most dangerous kind of politics that have ever been played in Africa.

Which course, university?
Transcript ko Certificate ni.
Wey Transcript of full details on Obi's call to Yes Daddy?
RELIGIOUS WAR.

Make una Drag OYEDEPO N CO abeg! Dem fall we Christians hands , not OBIDIENTS CHRISTIANS oo, we OBEDIENT CHRISTIANS

Satan himself



El-rufai who's soul and body is rented by Satan himself to walk the earth. His misdeeds and misadventures surprises no sane person

And some people thinks it's a joke until heads starts rolling for the evil course of Islamization.

nawah ooo, na wayting people translate to war be this. This country need to do something about fake news asap .

People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.

leanonme82:
I did that to bring an end to the religious issue and to give Muslims from the South-west a sense of belonging to rule. And God… despite the religious gang-up, God made Asiwaju the winner.
Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/603360-transcript-of-el-rufais-controversial-statement-about-peter-obi-tinubu-can-2023-elections.html

No apologies, El-rufai is simply a religious bigot

Why can't a Christian from the north be the vice

If you are this "selfless " (Mr. I don't want anything for myself) why didn't you bring an end to the terrorism even the killings in your state to an end to give the people a sense of security

You placed your religion above the peace and unity of this country and you said you love Nigeria

Late Yinka Odumakin was right about you after all you are nothing but a garbage!!!

If we continue on this El-rufai 's path, Nigeria will disintegrate sooner than expected
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Omenlon:
politics is a game of numbers. Can you mention 2 to 3 Christians politicians from the north that could have given Tinubu up to 2million votes?

So it was Shettima that gave Tinubu victory

In Nigeria, politics is not a game of numbers, it's simply the abuse of power by the president!!!

If it was a game of numbers why the violence then INEC couldn't even conduct a free and fair election in your game of numbers

short man devil

The guts tho from this midget

I hope some people are seeing this

Those Christian people wey vote APC

The race for northern presidency don start chai..

But I’d say El-Rufai is already messing up himself. I don’t think he needs all of these things..

If you read clearly between the lines, there is a grand plan to 🤐🤐🤐 Asiwaju and make Shettima the president.

But some dumb fellows won't decode it.

Don't ask me what 🤐🤐🤐 means...I won't tell you. Una never sabi Fulani mafia.

Elrufai wey dey rant about Islam, can he tell us why a Fulani Muslim can never come to a Yoruba mosque to pray but will rather do it in his abode unlike a Yoruba Muslim can enter any mosque freely.

I don't like Tinubu personally but you see this man El rufai...Tinubu should be careful of him.

Let enjoy the ride, no mercy for any Christian, they are wise enough

El rufai just like buhari is a religious and tribal bigot that should be avoided by a meaningful society or nation that desire progress, growth and national unity.

Such elements are national calamities that can shoot a nation into crisis and set back that a nation may not recover from. Buhari is case study.

midget the Chief sponsor of t....e..rrosm in north

Christians are still sleeping

Election don go with these and Yes Daddy! Predictions have been passed and failed!

May Dangote succeed!
May NNPCL succeed!
May BAT succeed!
May all his appointees Succeed!
May All his policies succeed!
May All Nigerians especially the the masses benefit exceedingly from his government
May Nigeria Succeed!

May me, I and myself succeed exceedingly!