Activist, Aisha Yesufu has said it is difficult for her and many others to see former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, together.
Yesufu stated this in a post on X on Tuesday while reflecting on El-Rufai’s record as governor and the unresolved case of missing government critic, Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata.
“Seeing Peter Obi and Nasir El-Rufai is very hard for a lot of people, myself included, and for those supporting Peter Obi. Anytime I see El-Rufai, I think about Dadiyata,” she wrote.
She recalled that she once encountered El-Rufai at an African Democratic Congress, ADC, event but avoided interacting with him.
Dadiyata, a vocal critic of El-Rufai’s administration, was abducted from his home in August 2019 and has not been seen since. Yesufu noted that despite speculations about his death, she continues to hope he is alive.
The activist also questioned how people in the Middle Belt and southern Kaduna, who suffered under El-Rufai’s leadership, would feel about any political association with him.
“Politics is not a love affair. It will strain you because you’re talking about being a leader of the good, the bad, and the ugly. You cannot only associate with the good; you have to also associate with the bad and the ugly,” she added.
Yesufu, however, argued that El-Rufai’s “nuisance value” should be the focus, stressing that politics requires working with all kinds of people.
