‘Gang-rape threat’: Women groups write AGF
A coalition of women groups has called for the prosecution of Bello, son of Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, for allegedly threatening to rape someone’s mother on Twitter. The demand by the activists came barely 48 hours after a public apology was tendered by the younger El-Rufai. El-Rufai’s son had rained expletives on a young man who disagreed with him and also insulted his ethnicity. The younger El-Rufai had tweeted: “Tell your mother I’m passing her to my friends tonight. No Igbo sounds please! Tueh.” However, the women organisations, in a petition to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), dated April 16, 2020 and obtained by reporters in Abuja yesterday, called for the investigation and prosecution of Bello. The document titled: “Request to investigate and prosecute the threats of sexual violence and gang-rape by Mr. Bello El-Rufai”, was signed on behalf of 67 groups by the Executive Director of Women Ad...