This charge was amplified by Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State and member of the ruling APC, who tweeted (Figure 2) that Obi was "a tribal bigot".
Gómìnà ìpínlẹ̀-ẹ Kaduna àti ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ òṣèlú tí ó ń ṣè ìjọba lọ́wọ́, Nasir El-Rufai, mú ẹ̀sùn yìí rinlẹ̀ sí i, ó túwíìtì (Atọ́ka 2) pé Obi jẹ́ "ẹni tí ó ń ṣe ìyàtọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ ẹ̀yà".