Oby Ezekwesili reacts to Nasir el-Rufai’s SSS drama (READ)
Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to attempts by the State Security Service (SSS) to arrest ex-FCT Minister and member of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir el-Rufai over alleged “provocative comments” made by the latter.
Ezekwesili reacted on her Twitter timeline urging both sides to learn the language of democracy adding that “hard words kill democracy.”
Ezekwesili who was the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa said she wished the former minister, whom she served with under the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, had “responded to the invitation of the SSS at the first instance” to clarify his speech which, according to her, was not about inciting violence.
Read her tweets below:
I wish though that @elrufai responded to INVITATION by SSS @ first instance and clarified his speech which was not about inciting violence.
— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 25, 2014
So SSS went to arrest a citizen – @elrufai before securing an arrest warrant? Come
on! I really must start a #DEMOCRACY101 class on here….
— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 25, 2014
We all must also respect
institutions like SSS when they carry out their statutory functions.
That way, we strengthen institutions more.
— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 25, 2014
I was a Keynote Speaker @ the youth inspired event @ which @elrufai spoke. The comments which rightly worry our SSS was within a CONTEXT….
— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 25, 2014
Again, I repeat my
constant refrain! We ALL must LEARN the LANGUAGE of DEMOCRACY in this
country. We really must! Hard words KILL Democracy!
— oby ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 25, 2014
Officials of the security agency had yesterday stormed el-Rufai’s
residence in a bid to take him in for questioning but he was absent.
Reports say SSS officials later visited another house said to belong to
el-Rufai with a search warrant but also failed to arrest him.El-Rufai has been a vocal opponent of the Goodluck Jonathan administration and its Transformation Agenda.
