A former
Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Saturday said the Governor of Kaduna
State, Nasir El-Rufai insulted Christians in the state by picking a Muslim as
his running mate for 2019 election.
Governor
El-Rufai, a Muslim, had on Friday announced that he will be running for second
term with Hadiza Balarabe, another Muslim.
However, the
former minister described El-Rufai’s action as divisive and insulting.
The Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain explained that the Governor’s action was wrong
because 50 per cent of people in the state are Christians.
In a tweet,
Fani-Kayode wrote: “It is wrong, divisive, dangerous, provocative and insulting
for Nasir El Rufai to field a Muslim/Muslim ticket in the governorship election
in a state like Kaduna in which 50% of the people are Christian and in which
thousands of Christians were butchered over the last 3 years.”
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