The Gbagyi Nationality, a group representing the Gbagyi people of Kaduna State, has slammed former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai, over his recent coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
The group, led by Benjamin Chayinta George, expressed deep concern and worry over Elrufai’s utterances and actions, which they believe are aimed at destabilizing the polity and threatening democracy.
Addressing a press conference at the secretariat of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kaduna, George said the Gbagyi Nationality is responding to El-Rufai’s coalition agitation and unwarranted attacks on President Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani.
George noted that El-Rufai’s actions are motivated by his loss of ministerial position in President Tinubu’s cabinet, which has left him inconsolable and unleashing verbal attacks on the administration.
Mr Benjamin George highlighted Elrufai’s track record as Governor of Kaduna State, which he described as autocratic and destructive. He cited instances of Elrufai’s destruction of houses, marginalisation, and discrimination against southern Kaduna people, and his failure to address problems of banditry and develop infrastructure in the state. George also recalled El-Rufai’s demolishing of market stalls, unlawful arrests of innocent persons, and threats to journalists.
The Gbagyi Nationality leader called on the good people of Kaduna and Nigeria to ignore El-Rufai’s utopian postulations and evil machinations under the guise of a selfish coalition.
He described El-Rufai as a thoroughbred evil man with a high sense of capitalist orientation against the masses and urged that he be stopped. George maintained that the Gbagyi nation and the Middle Belt will never be part of any coalition orchestrated by Elrufai and his cohorts against President Tinubu.
George expressed the Gbagyi Nationality’s full support for President Tinubu and Governor Sani, who he said are addressing the problems inherited from their predecessors.
He noted that Nigerians are wise enough to know that El-Rufai would do anything to grab power and then turn against the same people that gave him the power.
