{"id":64486,"date":"2019-02-06T13:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T12:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64486"},"modified":"2019-02-06T15:23:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:23:24","slug":"2019-elections-elrufai-threatens-to-kill-elections-observers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2019-elections-elrufai-threatens-to-kill-elections-observers\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 ELECTIONS: Elrufai\u00a0\u00a0Threatens To Kill Election Observers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Elrufai has threatened that any foreigner who intervenes in Nigeria\u2019s elections would go back in body bags.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Elrufai who was speaking as a guest on an NTA program \u201cTuesday Live\u201d anchored by Cyril Stober.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said \u201c those that are calling for anyone to come and intervene in Nigeria, we are waiting for person that would come and intervene. They would go back in body bags,\u201d Elrufai said on the live TV program.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The embattled Governor who is facing the toughest election in his re-election bid said \u201cnobody would come to Nigeria and tell us how to run our country. We have got that independent and we are trying to run our country as decently as possible.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/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>Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Elrufai has threatened that any foreigner who intervenes in Nigeria\u2019s elections would go back in body bags. 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