Nigeria would’ve been different if El-Rufai was still around — Defence Minister Musa

Minister of Defence Christopher Musa has said Nigeria could person faced a antithetic concern if erstwhile Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai was inactive around.

Musa accused El-Rufai of promoting division, saying the state does not request politicians who exploit differences among Nigerians.

The curate spoke portion fielding questions connected Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday.

He besides described President Bola Tinubu arsenic a person passionate astir the improvement and advancement of Nigeria.

According to Musa, his interactions with the President person shown him that Tinubu genuinely wants the state to determination forward.

“Tinubu loves this country. I mean, what we spot and we sermon with him, you could spot idiosyncratic who has a passionateness for Nigeria, who wants Nigeria to alteration and things to determination forward,” helium said.

“So that’s wherever we are looking at. We don’t privation radical that volition travel successful and commencement dividing this.

“And I tin archer you, I americium not a prophet. If astir apt El-Rufai had been around, a batch of things would person gone antithetic due to the fact that helium loves that disagreement and rule. And that’s the issue.”

Musa said politicians who beforehand part should person nary spot successful Nigeria’s future, urging citizens to absorption connected issues that would beforehand nationalist unity and development.

“We shouldn’t person politician...