When you become excessively dependent on someone, the Almighty will detach you from the person just to show you where your strength lies. Remember, we need people but never as much as we need the Almighty.
From the Mouth Late Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Arc. Bala Bantex of blessed memory.
There are people today, who are hell bent on painting the narrative that he was sidelined throughout El-Rufai’s administration because he is from Southern Kaduna.
This is what he had to say!
Wallahi, I worked with some British journalists about 3 months ago. We went to Kaduna State to interview victims of banditry and kidnapping, visiting Kafanchan and other parts of Southern Kaduna.
Among the victims were Fulani families whose cows were stolen, and children who were killed simply because they refused to follow the bandits.
I met a Fulani woman in Dan Honu 2, Kaduna, who had given birth after witnessing her husband being killed by bandits.
And guess what? If we hadn’t gone there, many of these people’s stories would never have been heard.
FULANI ARE ALSO VICTIMS OF BANDITRY IN NIGERIA.
It is heartbreaking that an entire ethnic group is labelled “bandits” because of the actions of criminals among them. Their suffering deserves to be heard too.
The part of his Excellency 's performance in office I find most interesting is that it's mostly southerners that see it. Many of them in Kaduna can't see it. Infact Kaduna people don't know the township stadium near SCID is a den of thieves. Only people outside the state know
Press Release: Statement by the El-Rufai Family. The family of Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), former Governor of Kaduna State and Opposition Leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has noted with serious concern the allegations made by General Christopher Musa (Rtd.), Minister of Defence, on 3 September 2026 during a live television broadcast of Politics Today on Channels Television. During the programme, General Musa alleged that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai actively planned killings in Southern Kaduna while serving as Governor of Kaduna State.
This grave allegation was made without the presentation of any evidence in support of the claim. While General Musa (Rtd.) is entitled to hold and express his personal opinions, the El-Rufai family is equally entitled to demand that such serious allegations be substantiated with credible evidence.
In the absence of such evidence, we call on him to publicly retract the allegation through the same medium on which it was made. Accordingly, General Musa (Rtd.) is hereby given seven (7) days from the date of this statement to either provide evidence in support of his allegation or issue a full public retraction and apology.
Failure to do so will leave the family with no option but to pursue all appropriate legal remedies available under the law in response to these unsubstantiated allegations.
Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai
For and on behalf of the El-Rufai Family
Abuja, September 7, 2026.
https://t.co/iahyIg9pcH
FRIDAY REMINDER: “Unless and until new information emerges, my friendship and loyalty are permanent and pensionable. Unless and until facts and circumstances change, my opposition and enmity are also permanent and pensionable.” - @elrufai 2019
OUR ONLY CRIME TO THEM WAS THAT “WE ARE MUSLIMS”.
7 September 2001 was not an ordinary day. It was a day that left a permanent scar on the memories of the Hausa-Fulani Muslim community in Jos. Twenty-five years may have passed, but some memories do not grow old.
Why do we need to remember?
We remember not to teach hatred, revenge or division, but to preserve the truth against contamination and learn from the wounds of the past. We remember because a people without memory can easily become victims of history again. Let the world know that these days were real, these losses were real, and the tears were real. We may forgive, we may seek peace, and we may choose reconciliation but we WILL never forget.
Is there a need for our upcoming generation to know?
Yes, for them to know the nature of their town, people, diversity and other issues.
I will personally never forget that Friday. I will never forget that Saturday. And I will never forget that rainy Wednesday. They were not ordinary days. They were days of fear, survival, loss and unimaginable pain.
We must remind the world of the lives we lost, almost 1,000 people according to accounts of the violence. Behind every figure was a human life, a family, a story, a future that was suddenly cut short by the enemies of peace calling themselves “Yan Kasa”.
We must remember the homes that were set ablaze, the properties destroyed, businesses wiped out, farms and other sources of livelihood lost, and the wealth accumulated by families over generations reduced to ashes within days.
We must remember those who were displaced from their homes. We must remember mothers who lost children, children who became orphans, husbands who lost wives and wives who lost husbands.
And we must remember the fear, the anxiety, the uncertainty and the feeling that the place we called home was suddenly no longer safe.
Some may want history to move on without looking back. But you cannot heal a wound by pretending it never existed.
For us, the lesson was profound.
We learned that security cannot be taken for granted. We learned that communities must remain vigilant. We learned that friendship must be tested by difficult times, not merely by peaceful days.
But most importantly, we learned the value of unity, self-preservation, solidarity and peaceful coexistence.
We remember those terrible days not because we seek revenge, but because we refuse to allow the suffering of our people to disappear from history.
Our dead deserve to be remembered, our displaced deserve to be remembered and our destroyed homes and livelihoods deserve to be remembered as well.
And the lessons of 2001 deserve to be remembered. Twenty-five years later, I still remember that Friday, Saturday and that rainy Wednesday. The memories are still fresh because the losses were real, the pain was real and history must never forget.
We won't be the first to ignite a fire, but if another person ignite the fire, we'll use every available means to extinguish the fire to protect ourselves and to ensure we're not victims.
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I am a fan. I am a political disciple of Malam, and a believer in his competence. He isn't perfect. But he is the best politician alive in Northern Nigeria.
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When Mallam Nasir El-Rufai stated that elders from Southern Kaduna are lobbying their brother Justice Darius Khobo to ensure that he does not release Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, you assumed it was a joke.
Hope Christopher Musa has confirmed it for you guys.
Elrufai begged Buhari to establish an Army operation base in southern Kaduna to address the security crises in southern Kaduna.
That base called Forward Operation Base (FOB) of 2 Battalion was established in Zango Kataf Local Government Council in 2017.
The bastard will not tell you this.
Gonin Gora was a Muslim butchery stronghold before Malam took power in kaduna.
One of Malams crime was ?
He stopped the waylaying of Muslim travellers in Kaduna.