Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said
on Saturday that President Goodluck Jonathan was playing ethnic and
religious politics to divert attention from bad governance.
El-Rufai, who was guest of the week at a Liberty Radio programme in
Kaduna on Saturday, warned that Nigeria could not afford another Civil
War.
Besides, he said the Peoples Democratic Party was afraid of former
Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, and would therefore do everything
possible to denigrate him.
El-Rufai said, “It is the political strategy of Jonathan to always use ethnicity and religion whenever there is a problem.
“Whenever there is a big issue about excess crude account or subsidy
issue, they bring this issue of ethnicity and religion. But I have not
lost hope because I know that Nigerians can see through their pranks and
their
game and will vote them out in the next election. The challenge
for the next president is to build trust among the various ethnic groups
so that Nigeria can walk towards one direction.
“This country has gone through one Civil War; I don’t know of any
country that can survive two civil wars and those that are stealing
crude oil; buying and stockpiling arms should know it is not the number
of arms you have that decides who wins a war.
“I know that Nigeria will survive these bad and incompetent leaders,
who steal during the day and drink and womanise at night instead of
working for the Nigerian people.
“The PDP has evolved from a party that is trying to be democratic in
its practices and to have decency in its governance to one that has
become a danger to the people of Nigeria and the only person they are
afraid of, who is their nightmare, is Gen. Buhari.
“So, anytime Buhari makes a statement or does anything, the PDP
machine will be at work to twist whatever he says in other to destroy
his character and give the impression that he is a religious and ethnic
zealot.
“The truth is that the PDP is scared of Buhari`s integrity and his
track record of doing the right thing and ensuring that people are
brought to justice when they break the law. They are scared of that day
when he will become President because they are afraid that he will call
them and ask them the source of their unexplainable wealth
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