Katsina Lawmaker Escapes Lynching By Youths From His Constituents

Bashir Bello
KATSINA – Member representing
Dutsinma/Kurfi constituency at the
House of Representative, Danlami
Muh’d Kurfi narrowly escaped death
and lynching by youths of his own
constituency.
The lawmaker was said to have been
attacked by the youths who lost
confidence in him over alleged several
promises he made but yet to fulfill
them.
Danlami Muh’d Kurfi was attacked in
Kurfi by the youths who target his
movement while on condolence visit in
the area.
When contacted on phone, the
lawmaker confirmed the incident.
Danlami Muh’d Kurfi said he was
attacked by the youths because of job
opportunities he distributed in his
constituency as some felt it was
lopsided and favoured a sect of religion
against the other.
He described the attack as the
handiwork of mischief makers who are
bent on using religion to cause or
ferment trouble.
According to him, “The attack erupted
after I gave out about 25 slots of the job
offer (10 slots at Teachers Board and 15
slots at Federal University) and some
disgruntle elements claimed the sharing
did not favoured the Darika sect.
“Those who said these are not fair to me
because as a lawmaker everybody is
mine irrespective of their sect. And so
the matter that I favoured Izala sect and
don’t favour the Darika sect does not
arise.
“In the recent past, I built a Juma’at
mosque for the Darika sect, bought an
Islamic school for them worth about N1
million, so it is not true that the Darika
sect are not favoured,” Danlami Muh’d
Kurfi said.
He further said the offer was shared
based on merit and across board with
each wards getting a slot each while the
main town got three slots.
He debunked allegation by some people
from his constituency who went on
radio about the offer, saying in the
Federal level nobody has gotten 15
offers at a stretch for his people while
making references to offers like Soldier
and Air force he got for his people in
the recent past.
ADEKUNLE
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