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Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The Buhari Support Organisation has cautioned the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai against using the Department of State Services for vendetta against Apostle Johnson Suleman.
The Deputy Director of the group, Blessing Agbomhere, said the DSS should be concerned with stopping the killings by the rampaging herdsmen instead of hounding the cleric for speaking the truth.
The DSS had attempted to arrest the cleric in Ekiti on Tuesday for asking his church members to kill any herdsmen that came near his church.
But speaking at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, the former Edo State governorship aspirant said the DSS should not allow itself to be used by el-Rufai to fight his war against Suleiman.
He warned the service against taking instructions from the governor, noting that the agency should rather invite the cleric to clarify his statement.
He said, “The DSS should not be taking instructions from el-Rufai and he should stop giving the impression that he is the one running the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“I hereby warn el-Rufai to concentrate on his state and find solutions to the massacre going on in Southern Kaduna. Rather than thinking of how to harass or arrest Suleiman, he should be thinking of how to bring about peace in his state.”
The All Progressives Congress chieftain said the DSS should invite the governor for giving public funds to Fulani herdsmen not t carry out attacks, stressing that this was tacit admission of terrorism sponsorship by the governor.
He noted that Suleiman had the right to speak out and protect himself against attack by armed herdsmen, pointing out that his comment could not be described as religious incitement or hate speech.