Kaduna State governor Ramalan Yero has
been caught on tape allegedly addressing
his supporters and urging them to inflict
violence on the All Progressives Congress
should his team be affected during the
elections.
Premium Times reports that they have
obtained an audio recording of the Governor
apparently addressing his supporters and
threatening violence against the APC and its
prominent member, former FCT Minister,
Nasir El-Rufai.
Speaking in the Hausa
language, Governor Yero vowed swift
“revenge” against anyone “born of woman”
should they attack the PDP team in the state.
“If you are born of a woman, please pelt
us with stones, when we go out for
campaigns. We dare you to destroy or
burn our vehicles. Burn our house. I
swear by Allah, anyone who does any of
these things, we will revenge,” he
claimed.
Governor Yero appears “furious” on the tape,
according to Premium Times, and threatened
to stop El-Rufai from entering Kaduna State
henceforth.
“If I say you [addressing El-Rufai] should
not come to Kaduna, I swear you cannot
come. If I say you should not leave your
house, I swear you cannot leave, ” Mr.
Yero said.
“If I say they should demolish your
house, I swear by Allah, they would
demolish it immediately. If you think we
cannot do it, try us and see, continue
with what you are doing, by God’s grace
we will show you.”
Mr. Yero also threatened to deal with APC
supporters if they dare to attack the
campaign of the PDP.
In Kaduna State, the main governorship
contest is being seen as mainly a
struggle between the incumbent Governor
and El-Rufai.
In the last two weeks, there have been
incidents of political violence in Rivers,
Plateau and Gombe states, whereby
supporters of different political parties
launched gun attacks on opponents, bombed
party offices and torched campaign vehicles.
Mr. Yero spoke days after all presidential
candidates for the February elections
committed to non-violence before, during
and after the polls.
Despite being in the home state of Vice
President Namadi Sambo, Kaduna, the
former capital of the northern part of Nigeria,
also has a strong APC base, giving Mr. El-
Rufai wide support too.
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