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“Nasir’s penchant for reputation damaging is almost pathological. Why does he do it? He is brilliant and smart. …I appreciated his brilliance and acknowledged his weaknesses; the worst being his inability to be loyal to any person or issue for long…” Olusegun Obasanjo in MY WATCH
On 15th November 2016, Mr. El-rufa’i penned an op ed titled “ATIKU HUNTED BY HIS CORRUPTION DEMONS”. His piece was triggered by an interview His Excellency the former Vice President granted an Economic And Financial Crime Commission(EFCC) tabloid called ZERO TOLERANCE. Atiku’s articulate and informative interview and El-rufa’i’s rambling article, attracted wide coverage from the old and new media. And there are early indications that, many public affairs commentators and politicians are already running commentaries on this push and pull between a political heavyweight and a welterweighter.
What really aroused the beast of anger and sudden reaction from Governor El-rufa’i? Deploying inductive and deductive reasoning, and reading some thin lines in between his razzmatazz, there is much to believe that Vice President Atiku’s assertion that El-rufa’i offered him shares of TRANSCORP and he refusal of the offer based on moral and legal grounds engineered his incoherent and insincere write up . If El-rufa’i feels Atiku’s claims we’re not a true reflection of what transpired when he was the Czar Bureau For Public Enterprise(BPE) one expected an easy-going and decent rebuttal of that singular issue. But El-rufa’i is not that type of character! He is one of a kind.
Because of his extravagant quantum of mischief he diverted attention to mundane matters that have either been settled through answers provided in the interview or not truthful. Hear the blackmailer-in-Chief; “…Alhaji Atiku should tell a better tale of why he is avoiding the United States of America”. Had hate for the person of Turakin Adamawa not taken to the extreme he would have seen where Turaki said he visited the U.S. twice after leaving office. And paraded a vivid account of what El-Rufa’i thinks was behind his so-called avoiding of the U.S. It is an incontestable fact that, Turaki has never been indicted by any U.S. institution let alone declare him persona non grata or placed on a wanted list.
Still on the U.S. visitation, El-rufa’i merely held a self looking glass because he is the one that have been avoiding the U.S. In recent times, he has declined invitations to be amongst President’s entourage when PMB paid a state visit to the U.S.. He sent his Deputy Governor Arc. Barnabas Yusuf Bala to represent him. Just last month (October 2016), all the northern Governors were invited by a U.S. based NGO and a public institution. Like the first invite, he dodged and sent his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr. Muyiwa Adeleke to represent him. If one connect the dots and infer to many reports that are saying his Acting Chief of Staff Mr. Jimi Lawal and his economic hitman is a wanted man in the U.S. it is clear that there are elements of truth that the U.S. government have placed him on the list of people they want to nip if they dare travel to their shores.
Mr. El-rufa’i tried painting Turaki’s clear refutal as tissue of lies bandied in his now infamous book titled ACCIDENTAL PUBLIC SERVANT as admittance of his fictional parade of events. In the contemporary history of Nigeria, no book has ever been challenged like ACCIDENTAL PUBLIC SERVANT. It is on record that, every major persona mentioned wrote a rebuttal- including Malam Nuhu Ribadu- his co-conspirator. In fact Professor Charles Soludo wrote op ed in Thisday Newspapers for weeks. May be El-rufa’i expected Turaki to descend low and join issues with him, he got it twisted because they are not in the same league. So, Turaki cant give a political neophyte cum attention seeker a chance.
The pathological liar also piqued “Alhaji Atiku is already running for 2019, and he thinks that he can make people like us collateral damage in his attempt to rejuvenate his image.” When it mattered most, Tukari was there and his contribution to 28th march 2016 electoral victory of Mr. President are unchallengeable. His cash and kind contributions played a remarkable role in facilitating effective logistics throughout the entire process that peaked with taking over of mantle of leadership on 29th May 2015.
Lest we forget, the same person who claims to love Mr. President has spewed some of the most denigrative venom on PMB in 2010. Since joining of active politics in 2001 nobody has uttered hurting and demeaning words on PMB like El-rufa’i. He called him a gerontocrat, intolerant fellow and a man astronomically detached from the realities of contemporary world. Because of political expedience and disappointed expectations, the same character turned his arsenal against President Goodluck Jonathan and changed tune. It is clear that he is a fair weather persona that can dump everyone for political and economic aggrandizement. The quote in our opening segment has vindicated the widely accepted notion that he is a combustable cum vacillating element.In the process of throwing the kitchen sink on Turaki the talking but no action Governor of Kaduna State punched men and women of the Green and Red Chambers. Hear him, “This obsession for power inclined him to support the rebellion against the party that manifested in the National Assembly”. Is he saying there is a rebellion in the National Assembly that only him and his cohorts are aware of? By inference, he is also piquing that honourable members and distinguished senators are rebels pulling the rugs under Mr. President’s feet. We all know that Mr. El-rufa’i and his co-conspirators are yet to overcome the shock of their failure to infringed on the right of members of the National Assembly to decide who to lead them. He is also not happy of their quest to maintain their independence and critical stance on Mr. President’s foreign loans request and rejection of his ambassadorial nominees. These are normal routines expected of a branch of government that is made of peoples’ representatives. Since Mr. El-rufa’i don’t believe in the principle of separation of power and other democratic ethos, he chooses to see it as an act of rebellion. If that fits into his own parochailistic definition of rebellion, too bad.
Mr. El-Rufa’i has a mandate he got on 11th April 2016. He better invest his time and energy towards delivering his electoral promises. His four years mandate is over eighteen months now. So far, he has not successfully flagged off or commissioned a single peoples oriented project. He has been hyping his government through brazen propaganda and maintaining press visibility. But we all know that the moment of truth shall come and he will be placed on a performance scale to know whether he was a faithful servant or a betrayer of trust. And that will be a time for him to understand that, he can run but he can’t hide.
As stated hereinbefore, Turaki is not in the same league with an unstable and divisive character like Mr. El-rufa’i. And Turaki will not slip down the gutter and play his most cherished image denting game. Turaki has a vision and mission to accomplish in politics. He will never waste his precious and scarce time engaging a political waste products seeking for attention. Turaki knows that one will be delaying your journey if you decide to throw stones on every dog barking on his path.
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