Speaking to newsmen before leaving for the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Friday morning, el-Rufai had said that his comment about the possibility of violence erupting if next year’s general elections were rigged was based on Nigeria’s electoral history
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Since the release of his letter to the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has come under intense scrutiny relating to his motives, rather than the message and this is for a good reason.
El-Rufai was accused by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission of using his ministerial position to revoke a plot of land originally owned by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria Plc
In a statement issued from the party’s election situation room in Lagos on Saturday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also said early reports from the state indicate a pattern of harassment of its members and the violation of the Independent National Electoral Commission guidelines, among others, asking Nigerians to take note
“Who shall we send?” The “who” in question, I know, isn’t anybody but people of sound mind with anger to change the embarrassing situation of our nation. Men who money cannot buy. Men who the lust of office cannot kill
Olujimi, therefore, urged the court to give him a date to file a no-case submission, in response to his client’s trial over the alleged charges of misconduct and abuse of office filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
In over 20 years of syndicated opinion writings, this writer had causes to write to and on el-Rufai, as an arrow-head of the government in attempts to question some of his controversial policies and decisions. Some of the articles where his name appeared in the titles include: “el Rufai: From Privatization to Demolition,” “Memo to el-Rufai on Monetisation of Government Houses,” “Six el-Rufai in Mummy’s Shop” and “Between el Rufai, Ribadu and Yar’Adua
El-Rufai, who said he could not believe a lot of top Nigerians would turn up at the book launch, wept as he made his speech at the occasion
A new book, written by the Media Office of Abubakar, said alleged that Obasanjo used all available means to corner Nigeria’s wealth during his eight years in office