Ethnic Bigot Lesser Evil Than Divisive Religious One, Sani Tells El-Rufai

In apparent continuation of the open confrontation between
himself and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Senator
Shehu Sani, the legislator representing Kaduna Central in the
Senate, on Friday replied the governor who had earlier described
Mr. Peter Obi, the vice presidential candidate of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) as tribal bigot, saying an ethnic bigot is a
lesser evil than a divisively religious one.

Governor El-Rufai had stated this on Friday via a post on
Twitter.

Although, he did not expressly state what provoked the
statement, he also accused the former Governor of Anambra State of
being behind his detention by the Department of State Service (DSS)
in 2014.

He said he eventually sued the DSS and was awarded N4 million in
damages.

El-Rufai expressed his grievance via a tweet that read: “Peter
Obi is a tribal bigot. He was widely quoted on national television
that the SSS was right to detain me for 48 hours in an hotel in
2014 on the grounds that ‘El-Rufai has no business being in Anambra
State as it is not Katsina State’! I sued the SSS and awarded N4m
damages.”

However, in apparent reference to Governor El-Rufai, Senator
Sani, while posting on his Twitter handle @ShehuSani, said “an
ethnic bigot is a lesser evil than a divisively religious one.”