Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai said President Muhammadu Buhari did not know about the terrorists’ threat to kidnap him until he informed him.
Gatekeepers News reports that terrorists, who attacked and kidnapped over 60 passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, released a video on Sunday, July 24, 2022, of how they were torturing the remaining hostages and vowed to capture Buhari and El-rufai.
El-rufai, while speaking on a Radio Programme, on Wednesday night, said he had been warned to be careful.
“I also heard about a video where they threatened to abduct Buhari and myself. I have been warned to be careful, including my families too. How can we be in a country with soldiers, police and Federal Government but some terrorists will be threatening to abduct the president? he queried.
El-rufai added that for the past five years, he had been advocating for the bombing of terrorists’ camps wherever they were, stressing that it was the only solution to the problem.
The Governor said: “If in the past those in government think this is a joke and see it as only happening in Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna and Niger, it’s now at home and we must rise up to deal with these people.
“This is why I met with the president on Sunday and told him about these problems. I also told him about the video because up to that day, he was not even aware. I told him and the following day, Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle also confirmed to him that he saw the video too, so as to take action.”
“The president assured me that he met with the service chiefs 3-4 days before our meeting and that he gave them a clear directive to have a comprehensive military operation to deal with those people.”
He added that “we hope, God willing, the soldiers and the police that were given the directives will hasten up to finish the job. We don’t have to wait until they (terrorists) strike before we respond.
“They (soldiers) must go after them wherever they are to deal with them. The truth is we are worried about the security situation, but we hope the federal government will do the right thing.”
