• Threatens legal action over claim former governor planned killings
The family of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has given the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd.), seven days to provide evidence or retract his alleged claim that the former governor planned killings in Southern Kaduna.
The family described the allegation as grave and threatened legal action if the minister failed to substantiate or withdraw the claim within the stipulated period.
The demand was contained in a statement issued on Monday and signed by Mohammed Bello El-Rufai on behalf of the family.
Musa had, during a live edition of Politics Today on Channels Television on September 3, 2026, allegedly accused the former governor of actively planning killings in Southern Kaduna while he was governor of the state.
Reacting to the allegation, the El-Rufai family expressed concern that the minister did not provide evidence to support the claim.
The family acknowledged Musa’s right to express his views but insisted that an allegation of such magnitude must be backed by credible evidence.
The statement read in part: “In the absence of such evidence, we call on him to publicly retract the allegation through the same medium on which it was made.
“Accordingly, General Musa (Rtd.) is hereby given seven (7) days from the date of this statement to either provide evidence in support of his allegation or issue a full public retraction and apology.”
The family warned that failure by the Defence Minister to comply with the demand would leave it with no option but to seek legal redress.
“Failure to do so will leave the family with no option but to pursue all appropriate legal remedies available under the law in response to these unsubstantiated allegations,” the statement added.
