An old video that shows Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai calling on ex-president Goodluck Jonathan to negotiate with Boko Haram for the release of Chibok girls has re-surfaced on the Internet.
The video has sparked an outrage, while reactions continue to trail the ongoing attacks and abductions of citizens in Kaduna State given the stance of the State Government not to negotiate with bandits.
Governor El-Rufai in the old video expressed his support for negotiation with terrorists which is contrary to his current stance as Kaduna State Governor.
“Whatever it takes to rescue those girls should be done. If one of these girls was Jonathan’s daughter the story will be different, the only reason these girls are still in captivity is because they are not the daughter of any important man in Nigeria and we know it,” the Governor said in the video.
He added: “…if you say am politicising terrorism then go and rescue the girls so that I don’t have the basis to politicise it.
“I am in support of every option, when you have lives of your citizens at risk, you should not take any option off the table, you should be flexible, you should listen, you should negotiate and look the price you have to pay and get those girls out, you should not say you won’t do this, you won’t do that, it’s irresponsible”.
Governor El-Rufai has been under more pressure to negotiate with bandits following the most recent attack involving the students of Greenfield University Kaduna.
The attack led to the kidnapping of an unspecified number of students amongst which five have so far been killed.
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