The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (2023 elections), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has faulted former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over his recent allegation that the government is paying bandits, claiming that the former minister cannot absolve himself from the blame.
Baba-Ahmed, who made a guest appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of using insecurity as a political tool.
Addressing recent allegations by El-Rufai that the government is paying bandits, Baba-Ahmed maintained that the former Governor is part of the guilty party and can’t absolve himself from any blame.
“El-Rufai cannot run away because he is part of it. “My grudge with Nasiru’s statement is that he was part and parcel of the APC from 2013. Like he told you, he was one of the architects of it all. All of a sudden, to come and absolve himself and call others, no. Nasiru is part and parcel of all that has been going on. We suffered, we are victims of Nasiru’s misrule in Zaria.”
“I am in so much pain, believe me. Nigeria should be a great country, yet we have people destroying us by the hour.
Insecurity has been part of APC’s game, and Nasiru is saying it. “I think he is right, the government has been paying them. Insecurity has been the APC’s way of staying in power.
That is my candid, firm opinion, strengthened by the kind of unfortunate comments like that of Nasiru, ” he said.
