MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)
هيئة حقوق المسلمين
Motto: Dialogue,
Not Violence
5th September, 2026
PRESS
RELEASE:
CALL MINISTER OF
DEFENSE TO ORDER - MURIC
Civil liberties organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
has accused the Minister of Defense, General Christopher Musa (rtd) of
exhibiting personal vendetta against Mallam Nasir El-Rufai in his recent
interview with a television station. The group therefore appealed to the
Federal Government to call the minister to order.
MURIC made the allegation in a statement issued on Saturday, 5th
September, 2026 by it's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
"The Minister of Defense, General Christopher Musa (rtd)
granted an interview to a television station on Thursday, 3rd September, 2026
in which he made some unpalatable and incorrect statements about Mallam Nasir
El-Rufai.
"For instance, he said, 'I can tell you people what he has
done to people living in Kaduna state from his own area. He had just personal
[issues] with friends. The next thing, he sends a bulldozer to bulldoze your
house down (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/he-did-terrible-things-in-kaduna-musa-accuses-el-rufai-of-dividing-kaduna/amp/).
"Just listen to that. Everyone knows that El-Rufai is Mr. No
Nonsense. He injected sanity in Abuja when he was the Minister of the FCT. He
did the same in Kaduna but look at the way the minister is putting it to us. Is
that what really happened?
"We put it to the Minister that he is manipulating the minds of
Nigerians. This is most unfair. The honourable minister exhibited personal
vendetta against Mallam Nasir El-Rufai in that interview. El-Rufai may be in
custody. But there are people who will not keep quiet over this. We are among
such people. MURIC will speak truth to power.
"The minister also accused El-Rufai of deliberately planning
the killing of the people of Southern Kaduna (https://opr.news/2e0644f260903en_ng?link=1&client=news).
"It is all lies from the pit of Jahannam. The
minister exhibited humongous traits of personal vendetta. How can a minister be
referring to 'my people' as if he is the minister of Southern Kaduna alone and
not that of Nigeria?
"It is such a pity that a minister of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria can forget his mandate and come out publicly to promote his own
tribe. A minister is expected to speak for the country but here we have a
minister speaking for his tribe.
"It is the height of ethnic jingoism. This minister of
defense has got it all wrong. He is being paid to defend the whole of Nigeria
but now his focus is the people of Southern Kaduna.
"This
interview is in bad taste. It is provocative. The minister has also picked the
wrong time to launch his tirade against an opponent who is in captivity and
cannot defend himself. It is grossly unfair, reckless and discourteous.
"This interview suffers from acute desertification of tact. Yes, it
is lack of tact to come on national television to lambast a man who is in
custody particularly linking his ordeal with what he did to your own people
when we all know that the man you are demarketing did not drop from Jupiter. He
also has his own people and his people are not fools. No, sir, this is not the
way to heal wounds.
"We appeal to the Federal Government to call the Minister of
Defense to order. We want people who will douse tension not only in Kaduna
State but all over Nigeria, not people who will incite one section against the
other."
#FG
#ProvocativeInterview
#Elrufai
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Founder/Executive Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).
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