TDF Accuses El-Rufai of Peddling Falsehood to Stir National Anxiety

TDF Accuses El-Rufai of Peddling Falsehood to Stir National Anxiety

JOEL OLADELE, Abuja

The Democratic Front (TDF) has accused former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, of making what it described as spurious allegations against the Federal Government and the National Security Adviser in a bid to stir tension and unrest across the country.

In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad, and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo, the group urged relevant authorities to allow the law take its course, noting that El-Rufai has already been charged in court over related matters.

The TDF alleged that El-Rufai’s claims regarding the importation of Thallium Sulphate; a toxic substance by the Office of the National Security Adviser were false and politically motivated.

“We consider El-Rufai’s behavior as rascally, uncouth, and irresponsible because his claims on the importation of Thallium Sulphate by the Office of National Security Adviser is not only false, but also politically intended to mislead the public over his alleged diversion of N432 billion from the Treasury of Kaduna State Government,” the group stated.

The TDF further described it as morally wrong for a politically exposed person to make such weighty allegations without presenting relevant documents or evidence to back them up.

“It is morally wrong and irresponsible for a politically exposed individual like the former Kaduna Governor to come into the public space with such a weighty accusation without relevant documents and details to back up his claims,” the statement read.

The group also expressed concern over El-Rufai’s alleged admission that he was privy to the illegal tapping of the telephone line of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

“This, in our view, is a criminal breach of national security and an irresponsible act from a self-acclaimed law-abiding public figure,” TDF said.

While welcoming what it described as the Federal Government’s swift legal response, the group questioned why El-Rufai allegedly failed to wait for an official reply to a letter he reportedly sent to the NSA before going public with the allegations.

It said the controversy surrounding the alleged importation of Thallium Sulphate was intended to distract attention from ongoing investigations into the alleged diversion of N432 billion during his tenure as governor.

The TDF recalled that the Kaduna State House of Assembly had, in 2024, submitted a report to the EFCC alleging that N432 billion was diverted through several channels between 2015 and 2023.

According to the group, “The ruse about Thallium Sulphate importation is therefore a deliberate ploy to undermine EFCC’s investigation on the matter, and to give the exercise a wrong public connotation of political persecution of an opposition politician.”

The organisation added that it found El-Rufai’s conduct unbecoming of a political leader of his standing and urged public figures to exercise restraint and responsibility in matters concerning national security.