PDP Fires Back At Governor Nasir El-Rufai For Calling Peter Obi A Tribal Bigot

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fired back at the Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for calling it Vice-Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, a tribal bigot.

Governor El-Rufai, in a tweet on Friday, November 9, 2018, said,”Peter Obi is a tribal bigot after recalling how Peter Obi supported his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) for 48 hours in a hotel in 2014 on the ground that “El-Rufai has no business being in Anambra State as it is not Katsina State.” Read the report HERE.

PDP reacted in a statement issued on Twitter.

Governor @elrufai should not attempt to export the kind of inciting and inflammatory statements that have led to conflagration and bloodletting in his Kaduna state to our national political firmament. @OfficialAPCNg pic.twitter.com/MFZWhbQaJp

— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 10, 2018

From @elrufai comment, Nigerians now know those behind the series of smear campaigns and spurious allegations against our Presidential candidate, @Atiku and his running mate, @PeterGregoryObi pic.twitter.com/AtDjOuO90p

— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 10, 2018

Instead of fixating on our party and the soaring popularity of our Presidential candidate, @atiku we expect @elrufai to show remorse that he was part of those who brought in the @MBuhari administration, which has inflicted so much pain on Nigerians in the last 3 and 1/2;years. pic.twitter.com/yZ3RBnAxuX

— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 10, 2018

We therefore advise @elrufai to face the myriad of problems he has caused in Kaduna state for which the people have resolved to vote him out and stop his attempt to further foul the nation’s political space by making comments capable of stoking religious and ethnic division pic.twitter.com/EGkE0pPhEs

— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) November 10, 2018