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Nasir @elrufai has caused to be issued on his behalf a tissue of untruths, #halftruths & falsehoods concerning his brutal persecution of his critics as @GovKaduna. To help his memory, here is a litany of #bodybags of critics who have suffered at his hands https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/411760-just-in-kaduna-govt-speaks-on-dadiyata-prosecution-of-odinkalu-maikori-others.html
Barack Zebedee: Ph.D student in fisheries & hydrology in Biology Dept., Ahmadu Bello Univ, Zaria: Arrested in May 2017 on charges of incitement for a post on a WhatsApp group created to mobilise assistance for victims of #SouthernKadunaMassacre https://www.dailypost.ng/2017/05/08/southern-kaduna-killings-police-arrest-scholar-barak-zebedee-alleged-inciting-comments/
Gabriel Idibia: journalist with The Union newspaper, dragged to court reportedly for being inquisitive about @elrufai's declared his assets as demanded by law. http://dailynewsprecise.com.ng/?p=936
Jacob Onjewu Dickson: Journalist with Authentic News, was arrested, detained & charged with - yes, u guessed it - #Incitement in May 2016, after reporting that youths had pelted @elrufai with objects. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/202903-journalist-arrested-charged-report-kaduna-governor-el-rufai.html
Luka Binniyat: @Kindusluka was Kaduna Bureau Chief of @vanguardngrnews, when @elrufai ordered his arrest in Feb 2017 for a report under his by-line in the newspaper. Luka was detained for ovr 130 days without bail & El-Rufai instigated Vanguard to fire him https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/222804-journalist-arraigned-sent-prison-southern-kaduna-report.html
Midat Joseph: Journalist with @LeadershipNGA, was arrested on orders of @elrufai in April 2017 for a post in a WhatsApp group. Guess what the charges against him were? #Incitement! https://www.punchng.com/police-detain-leadership-reporter-over-48-hours/%3famp=1
Sunny Yayock: Freelance journalist, arrested, detained & charged to court for his comment on social Media supporting a call for peaceful Demonstration. He slept for two days in the police cell before he was taken to court & granted bail https://www.thetrentonline.com/mini-tyrant-how-kaduna-governor-el-rufai-declared-an-open-prison-journalists-citizen-reporters-must-read/amp/
Adamu Abdullahi: #SocialMedia activist, was arrested by @PoliceNG in Kaduna for questioning, for reportedly re-tweeting a tweet about @elrufai being pelted with objects. https://www.thetrentonline.com/mini-tyrant-how-kaduna-governor-el-rufai-declared-an-open-prison-journalists-citizen-reporters-must-read/amp/
Segun Onibiyo: @SegunOnibiyo, journalist with @radionigeriahq was arrested charged on orders of @elrufai on 14 Nov 2019 with - yes, u guessed it! - #Incitement, for his #socialmedia posts. He spent most of Dec 2019 detained b4 being released after 24 days https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/01/02/between-el-rufai-and-journalist-segun-onibiyo/amp/
Samuel Ogundipe: @SamuelOgundipe was a journalist with @PremiumTimesng when @elrufai's son, Bello, threatened to arrest him for reporting that Bello had threatened the Mum of sm1 who criticized his Dad, @GovKaduna, with #gangrape https://www.icirnigeria.org/el-rufais-son-journalist-pt-gang-rape-comment/
Dr. John Danfulani: @john_danfulani Lecturer in Kaduna State University was suspended, arrested, detained & charged for #incitement allegedly for criticising @elrufai through a Facebook post. He detained for many days before bail. He was also fired. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/214706-breaking-kaduna-lecturer-detained-alleged-hate-speech-released.html
Nasiru Jagaba: @Nasiru_Jagaba, national youth leader of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, @TvSokap, was arrested & faced prosecution for protesting against @elrufai's policies.
HRH Dr. Ishaku Damina: 1st Class paramount Chief of Kurama, in #SouthernKaduna, detained on trumped up charges for over a month on orders of @elrufai in 2017. He was eventually granted bail when Court found nothing against him. http://demo.bulwarkintelligence.com/arrest-detention-of-chief-of-kurama-threatening-peace-in-kaduna-akurmi-youths/
HRH, Dr. Maiwada Raphael Galadima, Agwam Adara: 1st Class Paramount Ruler of the Adara of #SouthernKaduna, abducted on a Friday with his wife after protesting @elrufai creating an Emirate over his kingdom. His body was discovered days later. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/kaduna-traditional-rulers-murder-fish-out-killers-makarfi-charges-govt/amp/
Adara Elders, Bawa Magaji (Waziri); Sani Magaji, (Baraden);
Awemi Dio Maisamari; Joseph Abdalla; Tanko Maisanari; Hosea Danladi; Joseph Ayuba;
Tanko Wada; Ulu Maitumbi; arrested & detained for 106 days before being released bcos charges were trumped up https://newsexpressngr.com/news/76230-8-Adara-elders-held-over-Kajuru-crisis-in-Kaduna-regain-freedom
Awemi Dio Maisamari; Joseph Abdalla; Tanko Maisanari; Hosea Danladi; Joseph Ayuba;
Tanko Wada; Ulu Maitumbi; arrested & detained for 106 days before being released bcos charges were trumped up https://newsexpressngr.com/news/76230-8-Adara-elders-held-over-Kajuru-crisis-in-Kaduna-regain-freedom
Abubakar Idris (Dadiyata): University lecturer, abducted from the gate of his house in Barnawa Kaduna on 1 august 2019 & disappeared since. He is one of @elrufai's most prominent critics. Bashir El-Rufai implies that he knows smithing about this abduction.
#WhereIsDadiyata
#WhereIsDadiyata
Steven Kefason: @SKefason, journalist & activist was abducted from Rivers State on the orders of @elrufai, taken to Kaduna & detained for 162 days b4 bail. Charges? #Incitement. While he was detained, his #socialmedia footprint was wiped out https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=723100234862814&_rdr
Dr. Zuwaqhu Bonat: senior lecturer at Kaduna State University & a community leader, was sacked from his job on the orders of @elrufai for his advocacy work on behalf of the communities of #SouthernKaduna. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/270998-alleged-rights-violation-court-fixes-june-20-for-judgment-in-case-against-el-rufai.html
Inuwa Abdulkadir: Lawyer, former Minister & NW Zonal Chair of @OfficialAPCNig, @elrufai demolished Inuwa's home in Kaduna when he declined support to suspend @ShehuSani from the party. Inuwa died in July with the case still pending in court. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/04/06/apc-zonal-chairman-accuses-el-rufai-of-demolishing-house-over-political-differences/amp/
Suleiman Hunkuyi: former Kaduna State Chairman of @OfficialAPCNg & senator of @NGRSenate, @elrufai demolished Senator Hunkuyi's home in Unguwar Rimi over a political disagreement & converted it into a children's park. https://www.sunnewsonline.com/el-rufai-converts-hunkuyis-demolished-house-to-childrens-park/amp/
Danjuma Laah: Senator in @NGRSenate representing #SouthernKaduna, house raided by @PoliceNG & nephew arrested in Kaduna allegedly on orders of @elrufai after he spoke out on #SouthernKadunaMassacre & called for Southern Kaduna ppl to "defend themselves."
https://www.punchng.com/police-raid-senators-house-in-kaduna-arrest-nephews/%3famp=1
https://www.punchng.com/police-raid-senators-house-in-kaduna-arrest-nephews/%3famp=1
Shehu Sani: @ShehuSani represented Kaduna Central in @NGRSenate on platform of @OfficialAPCNg. When he disagreed with @elrufai's brutalities, the gov. reportedly induced the party to turf him out of the party & started gloating.
https://kadunanewsonline.com/el-rufai-desperate-to-expel-sen-shehu-sani-bribes-party-leaders-n3-million/
https://kadunanewsonline.com/el-rufai-desperate-to-expel-sen-shehu-sani-bribes-party-leaders-n3-million/
Audu Maikori: At the Lagos #SociaMediaWeek in 2017, @elrufai promised publicly that @Audu, lawyer & entrepreneur, will be abducted to Kaduna. True to his word, in Feb 2017, Audu was unlawfully vanished from Lagos to Kaduna on charges of incitement. https://www.bellanaija.com/2020/06/audu-maikori-kaduna-state/amp/
Gloria Ballason: When then @NigBarAssoc president, @abmtwitt visited @elrufai in 2016 ovr #SouthernKaduna, the gov threatened to abduct #HumanRights lawyer & CEO @HOJusticeIntl, @GMabeiam ovr an article she wrote. She has many court orders against @elrufai
https://www.globalvoices.org/2020/01/24/this-nigerian-human-rights-lawyer-wins-second-order-of-restraint-against-government/amp/
https://www.globalvoices.org/2020/01/24/this-nigerian-human-rights-lawyer-wins-second-order-of-restraint-against-government/amp/
Writing in 2014, @elrufai's longest boss, Obasanjo, said:
"...Character wise, Nasir has not much going for him. He's a malicious liar. He was more than that; he is a pathological purveyor of untruth & half-truths with little or no regard to integrity." https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/03/20/obasanjo-el-rufai-has-penchant-for-lying-disloyalty/amp/
"...Character wise, Nasir has not much going for him. He's a malicious liar. He was more than that; he is a pathological purveyor of untruth & half-truths with little or no regard to integrity." https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/03/20/obasanjo-el-rufai-has-penchant-for-lying-disloyalty/amp/
This thread is merely illustrative & not exhaustive of the tale of @elrufai's crimes of #AbuseOfPower, #NapoleonSyndrome, & ruinous peeves & pettinesses.
This is necessitated by the tissue of mendacity issued on his behalf yesterday by @MOJKaduna. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/01/kaduna-govt-justifies-prosecution-of-odinkalu-maikori/amp/
This is necessitated by the tissue of mendacity issued on his behalf yesterday by @MOJKaduna. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/01/kaduna-govt-justifies-prosecution-of-odinkalu-maikori/amp/
