“Don’t Rip Open Your Stomach With Knife” Abdullahi Adamu, former Governor of Nasarawa state and current Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tells Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Adamu made it clear that it is wrong for the duo to have criticised the same APC government they are part of.
In the aftermath of a recent attack on a Kaduna-bound train by terrorists, Amaechi had said the tragedy would have been averted if the government had procured N3 billion his ministry had proposed.
El-Rufai had threatened that North-West governors could opt for the services of foreign mercenaries if attacks continued in the country, an indictment on the Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, who heads the central government controlling the army, navy, air force, police and other security agencies.
Adamu spoke in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), monitored by Vanguard in Kaduna.
He said he would not take issues with the party chieftains but cautioned that “one should not use a knife to rip open his stomach”.
“I am a human being, I don’t know what was in their minds when they made their assertions, but I advise you to go and meet them,” he said.
Asked why he never took offence if people called him a wizard, he said he was not eating humans and such name-calling only amused him but he never felt angry.
The National Chairman of the APC, however, said they would work assiduously and round the clock to ensure victory for the ruling party come 2023.
He said, “This job is not a child’s play or joke. It’s a great burden that’s bestowed on us. Our prayer to Allah, and from all our good friends and well-wishers, is to wish us success…..First of all, we should find ways of uniting members of our party. We should be united, like a broom tied with one rope. Once that is done, our next move should be to confront the forthcoming election. We are the government, nothing will earn us praise unless we win the election.
“We should win, win again, this is the task ahead of us. By the will of Allah, we will do what we can to be successful.”
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