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Brekete Family Under Fire: Journalist Says Ordinary President Silent On Shi\u2019a Victims, Calls Elrufai\u2019s Role “Law of Karma”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Waziri Isa Adam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABUJA<\/em> \u2014 The Brekete Family radio programme has come under criticism after journalist Abdulmumin Giwa wrote an open letter to its host, \u201cOrdinary President\u201d Ahmed Isah, accusing him of misrepresenting facts on former Kaduna Governor Nasir Elrufai and failing to speak for Shi\u2019a victims of the 2015 Zaria clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the letter circulated on Thursday, Giwa said he appreciates Isah\u2019s work \u201cof seeking human rights and helping the vulnerable,\u201d but disagreed with his recent remarks on Elrufai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAi kai Mr. Ordinary President, ka cakuda maganarka,\u201d<\/em> Giwa wrote, alleging that Elrufai was used by foreign powers to carry out killings in Kaduna.
\u201cWhat we know is this: the governments of Israel and America, through the King of Saudi Arabia, used Elrufai to kill over one thousand Shi\u2019as. They burnt some alive, they buried some alive,\u201d<\/em> he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giwa cited Amnesty International, saying the organization pressured the government after releasing \u201csatellite images of the place where Shi\u2019as were buried.\u201d<\/em> He added that the government later admitted to a massacre and that Elrufai himself said \u201che buried over 300 in a mass grave in Mando, Kaduna.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journalist also referenced a Federal High Court judgment in Abuja ordering the payment of N50 million<\/em> to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, noting that \u201cElrufai has not paid that money.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further quoted the spokesperson of the King of Saudi Arabia as saying \u201cthey were the ones who ordered that massacre in Nigeria to destroy what they called \u2018Iran\u2019s influence in Africa.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questioning Elrufai\u2019s patriotism, Giwa wrote:
\u201cWhat kind of patriotism is with Elrufai that would make him take a contract to kill his own countrymen, people from his own region, and fellow Muslims, simply because they have a different religious understanding? Where is leadership in someone with such wicked character? There is none.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On development in Northern Nigeria, he said:
\u201cElrufai is of no benefit such that we would say without him, the North cannot develop. With him or without him, if the people of the North truly want development, they will develop. And their development depends on their unity, not on the division that oppressors like Elrufai promote.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describing Elrufai\u2019s current challenges, Giwa called it \u201ca simple law of karma\u201d<\/em> and asked:
\u201cDo you know how many orphans he produced with that evil act? Do you know how many families he destroyed? I know many families where everyone was killed and only one person was left, or just a mother and daughter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He directly challenged Isah\u2019s role as a human rights advocate:
\u201cYou, Ordinary President, as a human rights advocate, what have you done for the women, children and men among the Shi\u2019as that Elrufai oppressed? Did you not speak for them because maybe you also think the injustice done to them was justified?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparing the treatment of Shi\u2019as to that of terrorists, Giwa asked:
\u201cIf terrorists are armed, killing and oppressing people and the government does nothing to them, then what was the offense of these people who were killed, who carried no arms, who did not seek revenge, but rather went to court to file a case?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He concluded: \u201cThe truth is, Elrufai oppressed the Shi\u2019as when he was governor in Kaduna. If we want to correct things, let us correct them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giwa said he wrote \u201cin my capacity as a journalist who observes everyday affairs\u201d<\/em> and attached photos of women and a baby, stating \u201cthose are some of the families that Elrufai eliminated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brekete Family Under Fire: Journalist Says Ordinary President Silent On Shi\u2019a Victims, Calls Elrufai\u2019s Role “Law of Karma” By Waziri Isa Adam ABUJA \u2014 The Brekete Family radio programme has come under criticism after journalist Abdulmumin Giwa wrote an open letter to its host, \u201cOrdinary President\u201d Ahmed Isah, accusing him of misrepresenting facts on former Kaduna Governor Nasir Elrufai and failing to speak for Shi\u2019a victims of the 2015 Zaria clash. In the letter circulated on Thursday, Giwa said he appreciates Isah\u2019s work \u201cof seeking human rights and helping the vulnerable,\u201d but disagreed with his recent remarks on Elrufai. \u201cAi kai Mr. Ordinary President, ka cakuda maganarka,\u201d Giwa wrote, alleging that Elrufai was used by foreign powers to carry out killings in Kaduna.\u201cWhat we know is this: the governments of Israel and America, through the King of Saudi Arabia, used Elrufai to kill over one thousand Shi\u2019as. They burnt some alive, they buried some alive,\u201d he stated. Giwa cited Amnesty International, saying the organization pressured the government after releasing \u201csatellite images of the place where Shi\u2019as were buried.\u201d He added that the government later admitted to a massacre and that Elrufai himself said \u201che buried over 300 in a mass grave in Mando, Kaduna.\u201d The journalist also referenced a Federal High Court judgment in Abuja ordering the payment of N50 million to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, noting that \u201cElrufai has not paid that money.\u201d He further quoted the spokesperson of the King of Saudi Arabia as saying \u201cthey were the ones who ordered that massacre in Nigeria to destroy what they called \u2018Iran\u2019s influence in Africa.\u2019\u201d Questioning Elrufai\u2019s patriotism, Giwa wrote:\u201cWhat kind of patriotism is with Elrufai that would make him take a contract to kill his own countrymen, people from his own region, and fellow Muslims, simply because they have a different religious understanding? Where is leadership in someone with such wicked character? There is none.\u201d On development in Northern Nigeria, he said:\u201cElrufai is of no benefit such that we would say without him, the North cannot develop. With him or without him, if the people of the North truly want development, they will develop. And their development depends on their unity, not on the division that oppressors like Elrufai promote.\u201d Describing Elrufai\u2019s current challenges, Giwa called it \u201ca simple law of karma\u201d and asked:\u201cDo you know how many orphans he produced with that evil act? Do you know how many families he destroyed? I know many families where everyone was killed and only one person was left, or just a mother and daughter.\u201d He directly challenged Isah\u2019s role as a human rights advocate:\u201cYou, Ordinary President, as a human rights advocate, what have you done for the women, children and men among the Shi\u2019as that Elrufai oppressed? Did you not speak for them because maybe you also think the injustice done to them was justified?\u201d Comparing the treatment of Shi\u2019as to that of terrorists, Giwa asked:\u201cIf terrorists are armed, killing and oppressing people and the government does nothing to them, then what was the offense of these people who were killed, who carried no arms, who did not seek revenge, but rather went to court to file a case?\u201d He concluded: \u201cThe truth is, Elrufai oppressed the Shi\u2019as when he was governor in Kaduna. If we want to correct things, let us correct them.\u201d Giwa said he wrote \u201cin my capacity as a journalist who observes everyday affairs\u201d and attached photos of women and a baby, stating \u201cthose are some of the families that Elrufai eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transportation-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28038,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036\/revisions\/28038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}