When Mrs. Bridget was murdered in Kano for alleged blasphemy, sane and rational Nigerians across faiths and ethnic divides, condemned the satanically motivated act. However, there were some vampires, some blood-sucking terrorists who applauded that barbarity based on their insatiable thirst for the blood of Christians.
Governor Ganduje of Kano quickly arrested the culprit and Mr. President, through his media aid, Femi Adesina, condemned the act. However, a certain clause in Mr. President's condemnation about respect for other people's faith, does not sit well with discerning minds who sensed that as a tacit endorsement of such barbaric act.
The Kaduna State Governor El-Rufai, on the other hand, was more obsessed with the death of Mohammed Ali. It didn't occur to him, that he needed to condemn the murder of Mrs Bridget that took place in nearby Kano. If for nothing, but to send a strong message that such cannot be tolerated in Kaduna State.
When the late Abacha deposed the then 'Sarkin Musulmi' and had the murderers of Akalagu, on the same blasphemy issue in the same Kano, executed; he did that to send a strong message across the north that he will not tolerate religious extremism nor compromise the corporate existence of the Nigerian Nation for some terrorists to find Nigeria a safe haven. The late Abacha knew that ignoring any of such, is tantamount to setting a bad precedence that may eventually degenerate to a point where it cannot be brought under control; and Abacha was not willing to share state powers with erratic and satanic mob. Given the above, you will agree with me that Governor El-Rufai goofed in that he refused to publicly condemn the Kano murder of Mrs Bridget. Some unscrupulous elements in the APC, even decided to use Mrs Bridget's blood for political expedient when they attempted to justify Governor El-Rufai's controversial religious bill with it.
The attempted murder of Emmanuel Francis, a Carpenter, in Kakuri Kaduna State on Tuesday 7th June 2016 around 2.30pm by some terrorist Muslim youth may not have happened if El-Rufai were a more responsive and responsible governor. The Hausa saying that admonished us to wet our beard whenever we notice our neighbour's beard on fire, went unheeded by the governor. If the governor had taken pro-active steps, Emmanuel Francis wouldn't have been victimised. The governor's visit to St. Gerard's Hospital where Emmanuel Francis is presently receiving treatment and the instruction for police to hunt down the assailants wouldn't have come to bear. And one can only hope the governor was sincere and not just putting up a cosmetic show. As long as those terrorist Muslim youth remain at large, then things like this may remain a recurring decimal in Kaduna state.
For a governor who decried the religious polarity with respect to residential areas in the state, and sought to correct such, this simple display of intolerance by those terrorist Muslim youth is basically one of the reasons we may never want to live together again. Christians have tolerated the excesses of Muslims sufficiently enough and would not want to be burdened by the suffocating presence of intolerant and unaccommodating Muslims amidst them no more.
By
George Makeri
Wow!
ReplyDeleteLovely piece, this goes a long way to show that the governor is not sincere.