“He Is A Bigot” – El-Rufai Gets Knocks For Calling Peter Obi’s Supporters ‘Imports’

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai came under fire on Monday after using denigrating words to refer to Nigerians from the South East extraction.

"He Is A Bigot" - El-Rufai Gets Knocks For Calling Peter Obi's Supporters 'Imports'
El-Rufai Gets Knocks For Calling Obi’s Supporters ‘Imports Who Came On Overnight Bus’ To Kaduna

OduNews had earlier reported how the governor mocked supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Supporters of Obi had planned to carry out a rally in the state tagged ‘Two Million March For Peter Obi’.

Reacting to a tweet via his verified Twitter account, El-Rufai he hopes they have two hundred people in the streets of Kaduna for the march.

The governor said they can only get the figure they are projecting by “importing” people to the state.

“In Kaduna? Not Kaduna Twitter?,” the governor who is completing his second term said.

“I hope you get Two Hundred persons on the streets, including those ‘imports’ that can’t open their shops on Mondays, and came on overnight bus last night!! I just dey laff, wallahi tallahi!!”

El-Rufai’s comment has been met with angry reactions by Nigerians on social media with many tagging him a ‘racial bigot’.

See some reactions below:

 

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