Audu Maikori has been Released

This is coming after a series of tweets by Advocacy
champion, Oby Ezekwesili .
Ezekwesili had said that she persuaded the Governor of
Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai to facilitate Audu’s release
after she discovered he was arrested.
Audu was said to be arrested for publishing a story on
the killing of five students of College of Education, Gidan-
Waya , Kaduna.
Audu said that his driver related the story to him,
adding that the driver told him his (driver’s) brother was
among the victims. Turned out the story was false;
Audu apologised and retracted the statement.
Read Ezekwesili’s tweets below:
Audu this apology helps as an entry point
to lessons of yesterday’s event which I
only caught up on very late & my call to
Governor of Kaduna ( Nasir El-
Rufai) today.
I urged the Governor of Kaduna (Nasir El-
Rufai) to get Audu out & he replied that
his policy of Consequences was important
for stemming killings in #SouthernKaduna .
(Nasir El-Rufai) stated that the actions for
which Audu apologized inflamed the
#SouthKaduna conflict more & so the law
taking its course.
I asked (Nasir El-Rufai) to consider Audu’s
apology and his unfortunate arrest as a
TEACHABLE MOMENT for both the
Government & everyone.
People already know how stridently I insist
on EVIDENCE-BASED ADVOCACY. WE all
must take a LESSON from this. # LESSON
There’s no basis for a Govt clamp down
on Citizens’ FACT-BASED advocacy on
ANY ISSUE. So Audu admitted he was
WRONG. Accept it (Nasir El-Rufai).
I told (Nasir El-Rufai) that it was best to
FREE Audu & use this as the Govt’s
POLICY MOMENT to get its MESSAGE of
CONSEQUENCES thru to Public.
I pressed on the NECESSITY for (Nasir El-
Rufai) to act to FREE Audu and allow all
sides to LEARN the RIGHT LESSON from
this painful episode.
At the end of our discussion, (Nasir El-
Rufai) agreed to ACT and FREE
Audu quickly and end this unfortunate
development. WILL WATCH OUT FOR IT.
Upon release today, I very much hope that
(Nasir El-Rufai) and Audu can find points
of COLLABORATION on #SouthernKaduna
after this sad episode.
All folks on the two sides of the divide
baying for blood really must know that
Nigeria CANNOT SURVIVE a Religious
War. Shield YOUR SWORDS.
Soon, our Land SHALL SURELY be
HEALED of the TOXIN of HATE that has
become the medium of communication
and resolution of disagreements.
All folks on the two sides of the divide
baying for blood really must know that
Nigeria CANNOT SURVIVE a Religious
War. Sheath YOUR SWORDS.

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