ABUJA — FORMER Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has demanded N10 billion compensation and a public apology from the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), over alleged defamatory statements made against him during a television programme.
El-Rufai’s demand was contained in a letter before action dated Monday, September 7, 2026, issued by his lawyers, Chambers of Ubong Akpan, and addressed to Musa at the Federal Ministry of Defence, Abuja.
The letter followed Musa’s appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on September 3, where he discussed insecurity in Kaduna State and made allegations concerning the former governor.
Among the statements attributed to Musa, according to the letter, was: “We can never be happy with somebody who has deliberately planned for the killing of our people.”
The minister was also quoted as saying of El-Rufai: “He told us he paid bandits,” and, “The next thing he sends a bulldozer to bulldoze your house down. He’s done it.”
