{"id":60260,"date":"2018-11-10T19:32:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=60260"},"modified":"2018-11-10T19:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T18:33:20","slug":"there-isnt-a-single-thinking-brain-left-in-pdp-says-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=60260","title":{"rendered":"There Isn\u2019t A Single Thinking Brain Left In PDP, Says el-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-png view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/There-Isn\u2019t-A-Single-Thinking-Brain-Left-In-PDP-Says-el-Rufai.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has said there isn&#8217;t a &#8220;single thinking brain left in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>He stated this in his response to the party&#8217;s reaction on his statement regarding the party&#8217;s vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, el-Rufai had specifically referred to Peter Obi as a &#8220;tribal bigot&#8221;.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col block-story-object block-story-object-link block-story-object-link-story\" about=\"\/2018\/11\/09\/peter-obi-tribal-bigot-says-el-rufai\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-content-body\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"node node-story node-promoted node-sticky taxonomy-politics view-mode-embedded_link block-module block-module-small block-module-story\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-module-image block-module-image-scale-to-fit\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-background-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/There-Isn\u2019t-A-Single-Thinking-Brain-Left-In-PDP-Says-el-Rufai.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-module-image block-module-image-scale-to-fit\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s comment had generated varying reactions, and the PDP had responded to el-Rufai&#8217;s expression with a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part: &#8220;We therefore [advise] @elrufai to face the myriad of problems he has caused in Kaduna State for which the people have resolved to vote him out and stop his attempt to further foul the nation\u2019s political space by making comments capable of stoking religious and ethnic division&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, el-Rufai took to Twitter on Saturday to respond to the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The governor berated the PDP for its &#8220;cluelessness&#8221;, and alluded to Peter Obi being &#8220;not fit to be VP of Nigeria&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>His statement was contained in a series of tweets that read: &#8220;I never respond to cluelessness, compounded by bad English. There isn\u2019t a single thinking brain left in PDP&#8230;.sad, only Wendell Simlins and their sort&#8230;&#8230;sigh! We will meet first on February 16, 2019 &#8211; my birthday by the way&#8230;.. then March 2 in sha Allah &#8211; Goodbye&#8230;..- Nasir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I never respond to cluelessness, compounded by bad English. There isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a single thinking brain left in PDP&#8230;.sad, only Wendell Simlins and their sort&#8230;&#8230;sigh! We will meet first on February 16, 2019 &#8211; my birthday by the way&#8230;.. then March 2 in sha Allah &#8211; Goodbye&#8230;..- Nasir https:\/\/t.co\/fOqZ5q5wjh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elrufai\/status\/1061263831639511040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Any person that doesn\u2019t recognize the human right of every citizen to move freely, live and work in any part of Nigeria, but implies that though foreigners can observe elections in his state, other Nigerians may only do so in their states of origin is not fit to be VP of Nigeria!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Any person that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t recognize the human right of every citizen to move freely, live and work in any part of Nigeria, but implies that though foreigners can observe elections in his state, other Nigerians may only do so in their states of origin is not fit to be VP of Nigeria!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elrufai\/status\/1061267056341991424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has said there isn&#8217;t a &#8220;single thinking brain left in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 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