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Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has raised serious concerns over what he described as growing marginalisation and persecution of northern Muslims under the current federal administration.
In a detailed public statement, El-Rufai said Nigeria has experienced a troubling shift since June 2023.
He warned that the change is threatening national unity, fairness, and social balance.
”Since June 2023, Nigeria has witnessed an unsettling shift, one that threatens its delicate unity, fairness, and social fabric. The north, long a stabilising pillar of the nation’s identity, now finds itself systematically marginalised, politically isolated, and economically weakened.
Across politics, security, religion, and governance, a pattern has emerged, one that paints a disturbing picture of selective justice, religious bias, and deliberate exclusion of northern Muslims from the mainstream of national life.
This is not a mere coincidence; it is a carefully woven web of policies and decisions that together form a quiet but coordinated persecution.
The alleged coup plot, reportedly implicating mostly northern Muslim officers, has exposed yet another layer of discrimination under the so-called Muslim-Muslim ticket of the Tinubu administration,” he wrote.
According to El-Rufai, the North, which has played a stabilising role in the country’s history, is now facing political isolation and economic pressure.
El-Rufai argued that recent developments in politics, security, religion, and governance show a pattern of selective justice.
He claimed that northern Muslims are being excluded from key national spaces through deliberate policies and decisions.
He insisted that this situation is not accidental but the result of coordinated actions.
He pointed to recent security crackdowns and corruption cases involving mostly northern Muslim figures.
He suggested that these actions appear more focused on public image and international approval than genuine national security concerns.
El-Rufai said this trend contradicts claims of fairness and balance by the federal government.
