Aisha Yesufu Knocks El-Rufai Over Postponement Of Solidarity March For Peter Obi In Kaduna

Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu has slammed the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for the disruption of the solidarity march by Labour Social gathering (LP) supporters over the weekend.

Naija Information recollects {that a} supporter of the LP candidate had claimed that two million folks will march for Obi in Kaduna, following comparable marches for the presidential candidate in Cross River and Nasarawa State.

The Obi supporter with the username Abdullahi Umar Zarma wrote, “Kaduna Two Million March for Peter Obi.”

Reacting to the tweet, El-Rufai mocked the proposed two million march for the previous Governor of Anambra State within the North West state.

In a twist of the occasion, the LP Youth chief in Kaduna, Austin Aniagu, issued a press release final Friday, stating that the 2 million march has been postponed on account of safety recommendation.

Additionally, a member of the Obi-Datty Presidential Marketing campaign Group, Nana Sani-Kazaure, accused El-Rufai of utilizing the police to intimidate Obi’s supporters throughout their solidarity march on the weekend.

Taking to her verified Twitter deal with on Tuesday, Yesufu berated the Kaduna Governor for utilizing the excuse of insecurity within the state to cease the LP occasion.

She acknowledged that El-Rufai and his authorities didn’t need to admit there was any safety problem within the state till it escalated.

He wrote: “It’s now productive for Nasir El Rufai @elrufai to speak in regards to the insecurity in his state. What higher motive to cease folks’s rallies and campaigns than to make use of the excuse of safety concern?”

It’s now productive for Nasir El Rufai @elrufai to speak in regards to the insecurity in his state. What higher motive to cease folks’s rallies and campaigns than to make use of the excuse of safety concern? 😏

— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) August 30, 2022