Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has demanded N10bn in compensation from the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), over alleged defamatory statements made during a Channels Television programme.
The demand was contained in a letter before action dated Monday, September 7, 2026, issued by El-Rufai’s lawyers, the Chambers of Ubong Akpan, and addressed to Musa at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Abuja.
The letter was posted on Facebook by a member of the House of Representatives and one of the sons of the former Kaduna State governor, Bello El-Rufai.
The legal action followed Musa’s appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on September 3, 2026, where he spoke about insecurity in Kaduna State and made several allegations concerning the former governor.
Musa was quoted in the letter as saying, “We can never be happy with somebody who has deliberately planned for the killing of our people.” He also allegedly said of El-Rufai, “He told us he paid bandits,” and claimed, “The next thing he sends a bulldozer to bulldoze your house down. He’s done it.”
