El-Rufai: Reply now
After the event, it is necessary to revisit the controversy that characterised the event. At the heart of the controversy are issues that need to be clarified. The character at the centre of the controversy should not act as if such clarifications are unnecessary.
The petition against El-Rufai, addressed to the chair of TCCP, NBA, requested that the organisers should “withdraw the offer of platform” to him. The reasons given for this request remain important, even after the event. “At 10:16 Hours on 23 December 2019, one of Governor El-Rufai’s sons, Bashir, issued a tweet gloating over the disappearance of Dadiyata, in which he signed off with the line ‘Dangerous lines in the public space have consequences.’ The Kaduna State government has not much acted as if the disappearance of Dadiyata is of much concern to it.”
The petitioners also said: “A major focus of the intolerance of Mallam El-Rufai has been lawyers and the legal profession. In 2016, when he was visited by the then President of the Nigerian Bar, A.B. Mahmoud, SAN, Governor El-Rufai threatened to the NBA President to abduct Kaduna lawyer, Ms. Gloria Ballason, because she had criticized him in a news article, a perfectly lawful act of exercising constitutionally protected speech.
“Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal have found that the conduct of the Governor constituted egregious violations of the laws and the constitution. There is presently pending an award of N10.5 million against the Governor for the violations inflicted on Audu Maikori. Governor El-Rufai will not comply or pay up.”
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