{"id":129362,"date":"2026-09-08T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=129362"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:30:37","slug":"el-rufais-family-gives-defence-minister-seven-days-to-retract-killing-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/uncategorized\/el-rufais-family-gives-defence-minister-seven-days-to-retract-killing-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai&#8217;s Family Gives Defence Minister Seven Days to Retract Killing Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The family of former Kaduna State Governor and ex- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has given the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), seven days to provide evidence or retract the allegation that El-Rufai planned killings in Southern Kaduna while in office as governor.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The family made the demand in a statement issued on Monday, September 7, 2026, and signed by the son of the former governor, Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai on its behalf.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement followed comments made by Musa during a live edition of Politics Today on Channels Television on September 3, 2026.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the family, the Defence Minister alleged during the programme that El-Rufai \u201cactively planned killings in Southern Kaduna\u201d while serving as governor.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The family described the allegation as \u201cgrave\u201d and expressed concern that no evidence was presented to substantiate the claim.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhile General Musa (retd.) is entitled to hold and express his personal opinions, the El-Rufai family is equally entitled to demand that such serious allegations be substantiated with credible evidence,\u201d the statement said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The family consequently demanded that Musa either provide evidence supporting the allegation or publicly retract it through the same medium where it was made.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAccordingly, General Musa (retd.) is hereby given seven days from the date of this statement to either provide evidence in support of his allegation or issue a full public retraction and apology,\u201d the family said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It warned that failure by the minister to comply with the demand would leave the family with no option but to seek legal redress.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cFailure to do so will leave the family with no option but to pursue all appropriate legal remedies available under the law in response to these unsubstantiated allegations,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The family of former Kaduna State Governor and ex- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has given the Minister of Defence, General Christopher&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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