Pascal Oparada
Nigerians have dug up an old video of Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai asking former President Goodluck Jonathan to negotiate with Boko Haram members in order to secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.
In the viral video, el-Rufai told newsmen that ‘I’m is support of every option’ when he was asked if the government should negotiate with terrorists to secure the release of hostages in the country.
“When the lives of citizens are at risk, you should not take any option off the table. You should be flexible, you should listen,” el-Rufai said.
Mallam Erufai during Jonathan ADMINISTRATION on security.
Now what is happening? pic.twitter.com/HNq2JlKWZ5— Michael Shedrack (@sheadrack_mike) April 27, 2021
The governor, whose state, Kaduna, has been in the throes of banditry and kidnappings, has maintained a hardline stance against insurgents, saying he will not negotiate with them.
“We will not engage with bandits or kidnappers. Private citizens like clerics and clergymen can do so in their individual capacities to preach to them and ask them to repent.
“We also want them to repent but it is not our job to ask them to do so,’’ the governor said in March.
Many Nigerians asked how the governor forgot what he said in the past.
Others said the governor should hide his face in shame for doing the opposite of what he said.
