₦airaland Forum

nairalandankrah:
By FAROOQ KPEROGI
On Aug 22, 2020

The rescission of the invitation extended to Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as a consequence of sustained social media pressures from people who are discomfited by his history of intolerance and verbal terrorism against his own people will inflict tremendous violence on the governor’s psychic wellbeing.


You see, there is nothing El-Rufai fhankers after more than the approval of the intellectual, media, and cultural elites of Nigeria’s Southwest. He lives for and basks in their plaudits and strives excessively hard to avoid inviting their disapprobation.

I had always known this, but I developed a heightened awareness of it when a fellow northern Nigerian Muslim called my attention to it in his disagreement with a social media update I wrote on August 18 about El-Rufai’s visceral anti-Southern Kaduna bigotry.


“Why does El-Rufai hate and despise the people of Southern Kaduna with such unnaturally infernal intensity?”

“He strains hard, often too hard, to be seen as ‘cosmopolitan’ when he relates with Southern Christians. Why can’t he even pretend to be prepared to get along with the people of Southern Kaduna? I don’t get it.”


His disdain for and murderous rage toward the people of Southern Kaduna is on apar with, or even less vicious than, his attitude toward Shiites with whom he shares the same religion.

He added that El-Rufai’s contempt for the people of Southern Kaduna may be magnified by his self-conscious nurturing of the [b]historical memory of the enslavement of the ancestors of the people of Southern Kaduna by his ancestors [/b]but that he is an equal-opportunity rhetorical pisser on everyday northern Nigerians.


El-Rufai cherishes the illusion that he is the undisputed champion of the North. He thinks he is the region’s nonpareil centre fielder and regards most northerners as beneath him.

The only people who humble him and whose approbation he perpetually seeks—obviously for transactional and opportunistic reasons—are the elites of Nigeria’s Southwest.

On the surface, this sounds like a cheap, conspiratorial whispering campaign until you step back and gaze at the facts.


Let’s start from the obvious.

El-Rufai’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication who issues press statements on his behalf is some guy called Muyiwa Adekeye, although there are scores of competent media personalities from Kaduna who can do that job.

Ordinarily, I would have applauded El-Rufai’s cosmopolitanism in appointing a “non-indigene” to be his spokesperson, but he didn’t appoint Adekeye as his spokesperson as a testament to his broadmindedness; he did so because the only constituency whose opinions of him he truly cares about are those of the elites of the Southwest, and only an Adekeye can effectively communicate his self-presentation to that constituency.


El-Rufai also has a slew of well-paid “social media influencers” as his “social media consultants” (which is a polite term for visceral and vicious social media attack dogs), all of whom are from the Southwest.

He, of course, also throws a few miserly crumbs to hordes of hungry northern Nigerian social media users to defend him, but he really doesn’t care what the North, or even Kaduna State, thinks of him.

Recall, too, that the annual Kaduna Book and Arts Festival, also informally known as KABAFEST or KADAFEST, which El-Rufai finances, is largely powered by the Lagos literary elite, even though, on paper, it is supposed to be a “celebration and promotion of creatives in the Northern region of Nigeria.”


When he ventured into newspaper publishing in 2004 by founding NEXT, El-Rufai hired members of the Lagos media elite.

The paper was also headquartered in Lagos, not Kaduna or Abuja. And he has a substantial financial stake in a prominent digital-native newspaper that is also run by members of the Lagos media elite.

I am not saying this to disparage or begrudge the media, intellectual, and cultural elites of Southwest Nigeria but to show that El-Rufai’s politics of ethnic and religious supremacy isn’t blind and unbridled.


It is carefully circumscribed. It is nurtured by his warrant less contempt for northern Nigerians and delimited by the profound inferiority complex he feels before the elites of Southwest Nigeria whose admiration he lives for.

That is precisely why his humiliation by the NBA will rankle him intensely and tear his self-esteem into shreds.

The greatest gift in this saga for northern Nigerian victims of El-Rufai’s bigotry and disdain is that they now know where to go when they want to get at him.

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Politicians with parochial, bigoted and fanatical mindset like El Rufai should not be given any relevance in our political space. His type despite his fake claim on civility, should be relegated to the stone age. NBA deserves commendations

She no fine

slivertongue:
I doubt El rufia's sincerity, he is a dubious character

Don't mind him. He thinks we don't know that he is complicit
He will simply tell his boys to put on mask after installing the CCTV

What a good way to protest
From El Rufai body language, you will sense his complicity in southern Kaduna genocide

ikorodureporta:
Always fighting for his selfish nterests...

Irrespective of fighting for his own interest, I can bet with my life that the Islamic religion will not accept same.

greatiyk4u:
This is one of the Smartest leaders in the NORTH

Very resolute and determined

His only crime is his tribe, religion and party affiliation


Southern Kaduna unrest is as old as Nigeria.....not enough to discredit him

He is given to violent rhetorics in support of his Fulani brothers each time crisis breaks out in SKD.
As evidence as it is, his "body bag" statement which cast him in international spot is still fresh in our memories.

I can say that he is a fanatical bigot masking as a progressive

Abouwaza:
9ja must go is trending in Ghana

Sad

Hashimyussufamao:
Death Sentence For Blasphemy At Kano: A Perspective by O. G. Chukkol

I have been following arguments on social media for the past two days about the death sentence passed on one Yahaya Aminu Sheriff for blasphemy (insulting prophet Mohammed PBH) at Kano.

Let me make few observations here:

1. There is actually a Shariah Penal Code law in Kano state

2. The said Shariah Penal Code makes provision for offences and punishments recognized in Islam

3. The Shariah Penal Code Law prohibits blasphemy and a violator risks death sentence. See section section 382 thereof.

4. The Shariah Penal Code Law of Kano applies to Muslims only

5. The Shariah Penal Code Law of Kano does not apply to non Muslims. So a Christian or any other non Muslim cannot be prosecuted under the law except if he consents to it

6. Sheriff was tried and convicted under the Shariah Penal Code Law because he was a Muslim.

7. Sheriff has the right to appeal to a higher court for his conviction to be reviewed or set aside if the trial court was wrong.

8. Governor of Kano State has the final say on Sheriff's conviction. He can pardon Sheriff and allow him go free or change the punishment or sign death warrant for Sheriff to be executed/killed as ordered by court

9. A non Muslim who insults prophet Mohammed or commits any other form of blasphemy can at best be tried under the general Penal Code law for defamation or breach of public peace or any other related offence depending on exactly what the person says

In view of the foregoing, I will completely refrain from commenting on the appropriateness of death sentence for blasphemy because it is an Islamic injunction entrenched in a written law. Besides, I may not even be objective about it because I am not a Muslim, but a Christian. I will only end up pouring my sentiment in the guise of criticism. To me, is not even logical to use my religion to condemn another religion.

I submit further, for the purpose of emphasis, that the offence of blasphemy applies to Muslims only and they are in support of it. They are comfortable with it because their religion provides for it. I cannot take panadol for somebody's headache

Had it been the offence applies to non Muslims also, I would have immediately condemned it for being unconstitutional.

It should be noted that the Shariah Penal Code was enacted pursuant to section 38 of the constitution which provides for right to freedom of religion and sections 4 and 6 of the constitution which gives states power to make laws and also establish courts for themselves and also section 36(12) which provides that person can be convicted for an offence only if the said offence is defined in a written law with sanctions attached.

That is to say, the Supreme Law of the land has given them backing. They can practice their religion provided that a non Muslim shall not be affected

Let me drop my pen here. Everything I put down here is strictly my opinion and I may be wrong.

Greetings Ladies and gentlemen

Chukkol

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1905827216221167&id=100003817221624

As much as you tried to show that the law does not generally apply to all, I think the law shouldn't be allowed in the first place because it is in contrast with the constitution of the country

In all the argument OP tried to Marshall in proving the ingratitude of Obaseki, he didn't categorically point out HOW and When Tinnubu assisted Obaseki.

Could this further prove that Edo is not Lagos?

MetaPhysical:
Im telling you.

El Rufai is a bad billboard for APC. They should not stop him from acting or speaking for APC untill he resolves problem he created in Kaduna.

Tell him Edo no be Kaduna abeg!

El Rufai has innocent blood on his hands

The same people killing them will still be the same people who will order the police to scuttle the protest so that their voices should not be heard. El Rufai continue ur evil. Every dog has its day

The game plan is to churn out more population for political strength. That's what some of this leaders in the North believe.

Babacele:
why blocked his Salary ,and refused him pass for months ? You do that to a soldier at the war front ,and you want him to be normal? Sorry.

Not only salary, plus his allowance that he was entitled for

Supreme Court Gov

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Too bad
But We should not let all these affects the morale, the confidence, the enthusiasm and discipline of other officers. It should not affects the espirit de corp of other officers.

We will continue to fight. No retreat! No surrender
I know one day activities of terrorist is going to be reduced

As a real niggarrr
I understand that the terrorism can not be quashed
The activities of terrorist can only be reduced
Because terrorist are like hydra when their head is chopped off then expect another head as an outgrowth from other part of the body

Softly softly catchee monkey
God bless Nigeria

You and who will continue to fight?
Die in fighting these terrorists and you die for nothing.

About 600 plus of these blood suckers have been billed to be released by this govt this month as repentant Boko Haram members. Go figure

in that case, the Igbo betrayed Yoruba first

Osibanjo, who is now opposing u on restructuring since your govt is now in charge?
We want this country restructured

Land grabbing agenda supported by Tinubu. Let's say no to this Fulani expansionist mentality using Fulani terrorists as foot soldiers to wreak havoc and kill innocent people referring to it as herders and Farmers crises as a cover to snatch people land and penetrate into every state to consolidate their claim that they own Nigeria.

sarrki:
We know your type

U na all knowing nah. And I know your type too

The money was buried without a coffee and without a grave.... The money has been police*ticized

The lifeless one wouldn't want to hear this

Na lie
The thing no reach wetin potholes go disturb. Attention seeking fatt**

This will check Apc especially in Lag to tread on Ambode matter cautiously

saaron:
If you're trying to imply that buhari lifeless is a special guest at UNGA because he's protected by American CIA, then you're completely misinformed. Every visiting President or head of state is entitle to secret service protection from the host country.

In other words, Buhari remains the lifeless....

The woman killed her husband.

The so called pastor should now revive him as he is a spiritual doctor. so annoying

I changed my system Window to Window 8 from 7. After realizing that the window 8 does not permit my laptop to function properly as before, I decided to change it back to Window 7.

The issue now is that I can't browse. Whenever I try to use wireless connection to access the net , it doesn't work. after troubleshooting, I got the message that the computer can't detect drivers.
pls, what should I do?

she dresses like a white Walker. lol

A nigg*a with money
Boss!

It's amazing the length some guys can go just to get a woman laid

Angel of dead

see as they packed them like sardine