Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaGovernor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, says the Peoples Democratic Party which is aware of its imminent defeat has changed strategy by deceiving countries that are usually friendly towards Nigeria. El-Rufai said this in an interview on Channels Television while attempting to clarify his controversial statement. El-Rufai said, “What I said is based on intelligence that is available to us that the opposition is preparing grounds to cause a crisis in Nigeria by inviting foreign participation. They call it the Venezuelan option. “They are doing all this to prepare grounds to protest and cause crises in Nigeria and advance their so-called Venezuelan option.

Source: Punch February 07, 2019 12:11 UTC