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A headline speaker for the Annual Conference of @NigBarAssoc #NBAAGC2020, is Kaduna State Governor, @elrufai
The Association's motto is #PromotingTheRuleOfLaw
So, pls, join us on a brief journey to discover why many lawyers are now asking @NigBarAssoc to #CancelElRufai2020
The Association's motto is #PromotingTheRuleOfLaw
So, pls, join us on a brief journey to discover why many lawyers are now asking @NigBarAssoc to #CancelElRufai2020
In June 2020, @CivicMediaLab declared Kaduna the most dangerous state in #Nigeria. Its record of 493 persons killed between Jan & June, is higher than reported deaths in the #BokoHaram/ISWAP terrorised territories of Borno; 290, Adamawa; 37 and Yobe; 5.
http://saharareporters.com/2020/07/05/kaduna-most-dangerous-state-nigeria-cml%E2%80%99s-life-count-shows
http://saharareporters.com/2020/07/05/kaduna-most-dangerous-state-nigeria-cml%E2%80%99s-life-count-shows
In Dec, 2019, @qzafrica named @elrufai at the head of a list of "powerful" #Nigerian govs who "now regularly use security agents to arrest & intimidate journalists & activists who dare to question their actions or attempt to hold them accountable." https://qz.com/africa/1764021/nigeria-under-buhari-has-been-crushing-press-freedom/
In Feb 2019, ahead of #NigeriaDecides2019, @elrufai threatened foreign #ElectionObservers that those of them who reported things he didn't like would "go back in #bodybags." https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-election/nigeria-leaders-ally-says-foreigners-who-intervene-in-poll-face-body-bags-idUKKCN1PV2MO
On 1 Aug 2020, university lecturer & activist, @dadiyata was disappeared from the gate of his home in a Kaduna sub-urb. @Elrufai's son gloated over it in an un-nerving tweet that suggests he may know something about what happened
In April 2020, another son threatened another citizen who criticised the governor with #gangrape of his mother. @SamuelOgundipe, a reporter who reported the story for @PremiumTimesng was also threatened with "arrest" or worse. https://www.icirnigeria.org/el-rufais-son-journalist-pt-gang-rape-comment/
Lawyers have born the brunt of the Governor's ire. In Feb 2017, he arranged to abduct @Audu, pioneering entertainment lawyer & member of @NigBarAssoc, from his home in Lagos. Both the High Court & the Court of Appeal have ruled that egregiously unlawful https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/audu-maikoris-right-violated-by-kaduna-govt-appeal-court-affirms/
When then President of @NigBarAssoc, @abmtwitt visited @elrufai at the beginning of his term, the Gov threatened before him to abduct @GMabeiam, the leading #publicinterest lawyer in Kaduna. The courts have ruled the governor acted unlawfully thrice! https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/01/27/this-nigerian-human-rights-lawyer-wins-second-order-of-restraint-against-government/
Meeting the leadership of the Christian Association of #Nigeria, #CAN, yesterday in Kaduna, @elrufai dismissed #SouthernKadunaMassacre, Nigeria's most active site of #MassKillings as #MediaHype & spoke like the country needed a #MassacreOlympics https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/409374-el-rufai-decries-southern-kaduna-crisis-media-hype.html
It is, therefore, not surprising that many members of @NigBarAssoc are voting with their feet & canceling their registration for #NBAAGC2020 to protest the offer of the platform of #PromotingTheRuleOfLaw to @elrufai https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/08/nba-conference-lawyers-deregister-query-el-rufais-inclusion-as-speaker/
If you are a #NigerianLawyer & u believe @elrufai's credentials are #FitForPurpose say so
But If you don't think Gov @elrufai is a good advertisement for #PromotingRuleOfLaw, pls speak up & ask @NigBarAssoc to #CancelElRufai2020. Better still, u can de-register from #NBAAGC2020
But If you don't think Gov @elrufai is a good advertisement for #PromotingRuleOfLaw, pls speak up & ask @NigBarAssoc to #CancelElRufai2020. Better still, u can de-register from #NBAAGC2020
