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#BoycottThePlatform: Nigerians Kick Against El-Rufai’s Invitation To Speak At Symposium
- Recall that El-Rufai was kicked off a Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) conference last year due to his contentious religious sentiments…
An invitation sent to Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may be withdrawn as many persons, presumably Christians, have taken to social media to protest against his inclusion as a speaker at the event.
Social media users on Twitter, using the hashtag #BoycottThePlatform, which has since garnered over 7,500 tweets on the microblogging site, have insisted that the governor cannot speak at the event because of what they described as his hatred for Christians.
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They also cited the removal of a former deputy governor of Kaduna State, Barnabas Bantex, accusing El-Rufai of plotting his removal because he is a Christian.
Recall that El-Rufai was kicked off a Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) conference last year due to his contentious religious sentiments and perceived disregard for human rights.
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Thousands of lawyers signed a petition on change.org that the Kaduna governor be removed from the conference due to his poor human rights track record and how he threatened that any foreign observer who intruded in the state’s elections would leave the state in ‘body bags’.
Eko Hot Blog culled some comments from Twitter:
Dear @pastorpoju ,if the NIgerian Bar Association could rescind the invitation for @elrufai a well known purveyor of hate and violence with unbidden hate towards Christians I see no reason why the Church of Jesus Christ should have him on their stage #BoycottThePlatform pic.twitter.com/NXtPvlTaKp
— very Nigerian (@verynigeriangal) April 29, 2021
No sane persons or organization will think of inviting a murder like @elrufai or even @GovWike in any leadership program. @elrufai is not different from many oppressors of Christians worldwide.#BoycottThePlatform
— Amaka Ike (@Real_AmakaIke) April 29, 2021
No sane persons or organization will think of inviting a murder like @elrufai or even @GovWike in any leadership program. @elrufai is not different from many oppressors of Christians worldwide.#BoycottThePlatform
— Amaka Ike (@Real_AmakaIke) April 29, 2021
#BoycottThePlatform I find it ludicrous that some like @elrufai could be invited to be the platform. It is a big NO for me
— Nnamdi Nwosu (@nnamdi_nwosu7) April 29, 2021
I suspect @pastorpoju would likely have sent this invitation much earlier than today, possibly just after the last platform when @elrufai was interviewed on covid. Should Christians be mr tolerant in a secular country like ours? Esp 4 an importnt topic as this #BoycottThePlatform https://t.co/gcC9IdBzbL
— Peace Maker on X (@israeliswrite) April 29, 2021
El Rufai should only be allowed on #ThePlatform if @pastorpoju and other guests will promise to ask El-rufai inconvenient questions about the state of the nation and every statement he has said in the past.#BoycottThePlatform
— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) April 29, 2021
If El-Rufai needed a church organised event to speak at, he could have gone to the funeral service at ECWA of those university students killed in Kaduna.
But he did not, and did not even send a representative.#BoycottThePlatform
— afrispheric (@afrispheric) April 29, 2021
You are trending #BoycottThePlatform because you hate El Rufai. Wike is owing teachers in Rivers their salary, or is that one not enough for you to boycott too??? You stinking retards
— broda🕵️♂️mike💙 (@Brodaamike) April 29, 2021
Like a plague he is being rejected wherever he goes.
First it was the NBA and today men and women of conscience are also saying #BoycottThePlatform all because of him.Nigerians be warned!!!!!!
— Steven Kefas (@SKefason) April 29, 2021
Don't sugar coat anything El-Rufai has sufficient materials online to show he is an ethnic jingoist, a bigot and a dangerous man. #BoycottThePlatform
— Raymond (@IamTheIroko) April 29, 2021
NBA distanced itself from the divisive Elrufai, for GOOD REASON. Apart from superintending the killing of Christians in Southern Kaduna, & his “body bags” statement, El-Rufai have no legitimacy being among a congregation of brethrens. We are unequally yoked!!#BoycottThePlatform
— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) April 29, 2021
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