Nigerians have taken to social media to voice out their concerns to the statement by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, that any foreigner that interferes with the 2019 general elections would be taken home in a body bag.
El-Rufai issued the threat while appearing on NTA’s Tuesday Live programme anchored by veteran journalist Cyril Stober.
The governor was reacting to the statement by the Federal Government cautioning foreign nations and institutions against interfering in Nigeria’s internal affairs.
“Those that are calling for anyone to come and intervene in Nigeria, we are waiting for the person that would come and intervene, they would go back in body bags,” he said.
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But Nigerians have taken to social media to react to the comment.
Read comments monitored on Twitter:
Governor Nasir El Rufai threatens International community with death if they participate in Nigeria's elections! #NigeriaDecides pic.twitter.com/OOsBZsZQJp
— Ladi Ogunseye 🦁 (@LadiSpeaks) February 6, 2019
This El-Rufai man is a violent, murderous thug. He is always threatening murder & violence against political opponents. Thank goodness he became a governor, which has afforded us the opportunity to know him. Imagine this man with his homicidal tendencies as Nigeria's president! https://t.co/xjUXAAvRl0
— Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D (@farooqkperogi) February 6, 2019
As I watch and listen to the final stages of the a Presidential campaigns,APC is sounding and acting increasingly like a desperate group, intent on sowing division and discord, while PDP is trying to heal and unite.Just listen to the latest ravings from Lai and El Rufai. Strange.
— Mustafa Chike-Obi (@ChikeMustafa) February 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/gimbakakanda/status/1093118940396564480
I PRAY MY DEAR BROTHER NASIR EL RUFAI WILL WITHDRAWAL THAT UNFORTUNATE THREAT… I'M HIS FAN…
Nigerian Governor, El-Rufai, Threatens murder of Foreign Officials over upcoming elections…https://t.co/YhaWHwFRrX
— Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) February 6, 2019
On the same day he signed a Peace Accord, Kaduna's Governor El-Rufai made the violent “body bags” threat to foreigners ahead of the 2019 general election. In a video making waves in the internet today, he is seen issuing the veiled threat to foreigners.https://t.co/PM5B0sa0vM pic.twitter.com/B12MMkHpEh
— The Election Network (@ElectionNetwork) February 6, 2019
Now we wait for Dr. Joe Haba! To tell us how El-Rufai's comments are bad but can still be understood properly.
A finely balanced thread from the stable of Dr. Goebbels
— Starving Writer (@Olumuyiwa__) February 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/AishaYesufu/status/1093120932175118336
Did Gov. El Rufai threaten to kill election observers? He says any foreign body that comes to intervene in Nigeria’s elections will go back in body bags @USEmbassyAbuja @StateDept @CIA @OfficialPDPNig pic.twitter.com/7Q4D0MdQAR
— Jackson Ude (@jacksonpbn) February 6, 2019
Someone should tell me again why @adeyanjudeji is still in custody for doing nothing and this El rufai is on the loose like someone cut his leash.
— OMAA—NWALIEAKU (@OMAAOFLAGOS) February 6, 2019
@elrufai a paper tiger. Another Nnamdi Kanu in a different dimension. They brag, act like they can bring the heavens down but flee at the sound of war. Western powers ve dealt with more sophisticated tyrants. El rufai na toy. He is garrulous,unhinged but gutless.#ElrufaiBodyBags
— Mamba out 💔 #Kobe4Ever (@OJwalker7) February 6, 2019
El-Rufai is an extremely dangerous, irresponsible (& possibly deranged) man.
How can you say to people that they'll go back in body bags?
I hope the international community is taking note of El-Rufai's inciting statements.@EUEOMNigeria19 https://t.co/B7Lf6PUJwr
— afrispheric (@afrispheric) February 6, 2019
Nasiru El-Rufai isn’t stupid. When he threatened the International Community with the Body Bag line, he was referring to this. He knows his audience, and that kind of rhetoric should be a thing of the past. We should be talking Unity now. #AtikuWillWin because #AtikuMeansUnity pic.twitter.com/DW9QZ3zY06
— The Agenda King (@Oddy4real) February 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/omoboyinka/status/1093079203350827008
El Rufai is a vampire. That guy will be the worst president Nigeria will ever have if he ever becomes president. But he’s the MCM of top influencers/castivists on this twitter. A man who should be suing for peace is threatening foreigners with body bags. El Rufai is EVIL!
— ThankGod Ukachukwu (@kcnaija) February 6, 2019
El rufai should have no business with governance. He talks like a tout. The motor park fits him well. He is a serious security threat to peaceful coexistence in Kaduna state and a united Nigeria
— Edward Sati (@EdwardSati2) February 6, 2019
Any foreign country that interferes in our election will go back in body bags – Gov. El-rufai
(A body bag is a bag used for carrying a corpse from a battlefield)
Meanwhile International Criminal Court has some stern warnings for @elrufai and his cohorts.#NigeriaDecides2019 pic.twitter.com/xtYevQLNwM
— #OluwayomiAoko | PT 🇳🇬🇦🇺 (@OluwayomiAoko) February 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/TaiwoBusola3/status/1093125133521375232
Foreigners who interfere in Nigeria (2019 election) will go back in body bags (As dead bodies) ~ Gov. El-Rufai
Bloodthirsty Politician!
Election is not War!
— Isaac Chukwuana Ikem (@isaac_ikem) February 6, 2019