Senator Shehu Sani has lambasted Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State over his threat to send foreign observers home in “body bags” if they interfere in the 2019 general elections.
The senator representing Kaduna Central District at the National Assembly took to his Twitter handle to air his views.
He insinuated that shutting out foreign observers is akin to ‘switching off the lights, closing the windows and the doors and counting votes’.
He tweeted:
“Threatening foreigners with Body Bags is not nationalism or patriotism; it’s fascism.
“They simply want to switch off the lights, close the windows and the doors and count our votes.
“They are watering the flowers of our democracy with kerosene.”
Writing further, Senator Sani defined what body bag does not mean to his readers.
He stated:
“Body Bag in English language and not Sanskrit means Body Bag; it’s not Backpack or Gucci Handbag or Louis Vuitton handbag.
“If you think Body Bag is a symbol of nationalism or patriotism, please add it to the coat of arms or your party logo.”
See tweets:
https://twitter.com/ShehuSani/status/1093434599500402688
Body Bag in English language and not Sanskrit means Body Bag,it’s not Backpack or Gucci Handbag or Louis Vuitton handbag.If you think Body Bag is a symbol of nationalism or patriotism,please add it to the coat of arms or your party logo.
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) February 7, 2019
Governor El-Rufai, it could be recalled, appeared on National Television Authority [NTA] and threatened to deal with who intervene in Nigeria’s electoral process.
The statement has drawn criticisms from various Nigerian quarters including the opposition parties and foreign bodies alike.