El-Rufai To Suffer Visa Ban from UK, Shortly After US Ban
Petition to slam visa restriction to the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, grows to 7,000 in less than 24 hours.
Initiating the petition, a former Presidential Aide, Reno Omokri, on Tuesday, addressed the UK Parliament, the UK Prime Minister, Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament, accusing Governor El-Rufai of being a threat to the peace and security of Nigeria, for numerous reasons.
He noted on December 3, 2016, how the Governor admitted that he paid herdsmen who had been accused of killing several persons.
“Since that admission, there has been an intense escalation of the killings of mostly Christians in Kaduna, and on August 25, 2020, suspected herdsmen abducted 7 schoolchildren and their Teacher from Prince Academy, in Kaduna. They have not been seen or heard of since then”, Omokri said.
Omokri Added, “On February 6, 2019, he threatened foreign observers, including observers from the EU and UK with death, warning that they would return in body bags should they intervene in Nigeria’s election”
“On July 15, 2012, Nasir El-Rufai said, ‘We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes.’ This threat has been carried out in Southern Kaduna where there is an ongoing genocide of Christians under el-Rufai’s watch.”
“On August 23, 2019, the Governor charged the Anglican Bishop of Zaria Province of Kaduna, Abiodun Ogunyemi, for defamation.”
“It is for this reason that Nigerian citizens call on the government of the United Kingdom and the European Union Presidency to follow the lead of the United States and place a visa ban on Nasir El-Rufai, who is scheming to become Nigeria’s President, to prevent a Rwandan style genocide in Nigeria”, Omokri Said.
The petition came amid speculations that the United States, has placed visa restrictions on some Nigerian politicians, one of whom was the Kaduna State Governor.
