The National Forum of Ex-Councillors of Nigeria has announced plans to hold mass actions against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, regarding alleged misappropriation of funds. The forum’s National Chairman, Ambassador Awal Kasim, made this declaration at a press conference in Kaduna on July 11, 2024.
The Forum disclosed their planned actions against the former Governor through their National Chairman, Hon. Ambassador Awal Kasim, who addressed a Press Conference in Kaduna on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The mass action, according to Hon. Ambassador Awal Kasim, includes open protests at all known houses of Mallam Nasir El-rufai and his commissioners in Kaduna and Abuja, and filing judicial litigations to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to immediately investigate the alleged misappropriation.
Hon. Ambassador Awal Kasim further stated that the Forum will mobilize its members across the Nineteen Northern States to join in the mass actions against Mallam El-rufai and his cohorts, asserting that Kaduna, as the capital of Northern Nigeria, cannot be allowed to be “raped to death” by unpatriotic elements who, after allegedly mismanaging the state’s resources, shamelessly seek judicial protection.
He wondered why Mallam Nasir El-rufai has quickly forgotten how he turned the judiciary in the state into a “good for nothing” institution during his eight-year tenure as Kaduna State Governor. He also mentioned the alleged wanton hardship El-rufai unleashed on the people of the state by demolishing their houses, churches, mosques, schools, and markets.
Hon. Ambassador Awal Kasim further disclosed that the mass action in Kaduna against the former governor and his indicted cabinet members will be attended by mobilized members from nineteen northern states, while the mass action against the immediate past governor in Abuja will be attended by members drawn from the thirty-six states of the federation.
He appealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to place the former governor, his family, and the indicted Commissioners, as well as their families, on Interpol’s watch list in Lybia, Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, and United Arab Emirates. This, he believes, will prevent them from fleeing the country to escape justice.
Concluding, Hon. Ambassador Awal Kasim called on all lovers of democratic dividends to rally round the executive governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Uba Sani, and the speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Liman, in checkmating all the antics of the former governor of Kaduna State and his indicted commissioners.
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