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General News of Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Clash between Gov. Nasir El-Rufai and Lawyer Ayo Sogunro on Twitter

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Nigerian lawyer, Ayo Sogunro Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Nigerian lawyer, Ayo Sogunro

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Nigerian lawyer, Ayo Sogunro engaged in a clash on Twitter on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

The spat between the Governor and the lawyer began after Nasir El-Rufai reacted to the vandalisation of public property by some aggrieved youth in the state.

His tweet reads

"This destruction of public infrastructure is a crime under the Miscellaneous Offenses Act. The vandals masquerading as “aggrieved youths” have been arrested & will be vigorously prosecuted. Kufana residents will pay for the reinstatement from their LG FAAC allocation."

Lawyer Ayo commented on the governor's post calling for a creative method of sanctioning the aggrieved youth instead of jailing and fining them.

"It's fine if your govt wants to jail everyone but you should understand than not all social problems will be solved by jailing, fining, and banning. Sometimes, creative solutions - like putting a proper speed bump on the road - is all that is needed to resolve the issue," he tweeted.

His tweet didn't go down well with the Governor as he rebuked lawyer Ayo describing him as a populist.

"Mr Populist @ayosogunro When you are elected Governor, you can apply your shallow, but ‘innovative’ solutions in response to conduct of vandals & sundry criminals. In Kaduna State, till May 29, 2023 in sha Allah I have the mandate of 1.1m voters to enforce the laws of the land."

Responding to the Governor's tweet, Ayo wrote again.

"I'm not even popular talk less of being populist. But that aside, the picture was a speed breaker not just casual vandalism. Even your tweet says it was done by aggrieved youths, not some random criminals. Do you care about addressing the reason why they were aggrieved?"