Malam Nasir El’Rufai, Kaduna State governor has said that attacks on
the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)
office by thugs on 30th July, 2017 was because of the presence of some
Federal lawmakers from the state.
The Governor Speaking through his Special Adviser (Political), Hon Uba Sani, the
governor said some lawmakers have not been performing since they were
sworn into office as legislators, hence, thugs were irked seeing them
gathered to address political issues.
Justifying the attack, Uba who explained in an interview he anchored
in Hausa on the local Nagarta Radio in Kaduna on Friday said: “The
attack was appropriate, it’s part of politics.”
On why they attacked journalists, he said: “because journalists were their hosts.”
Senators Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central), Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna
North), and other House of Representatives members from the state were
to address the press in protest when the attack occurred.
The lawmakers alleged that governor El’Rufai undemocratically
compiled names of party officers of the state APC and single-handedly
submitted the list to the National headquarters.