Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed a fallout along with his successor, Governor Uba Sani, linking their rift to a conditional money switch from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
El-Rufai’s revelation comes after Governor Sani denied any disagreement between them whereas showing on TVC on Monday. The governor insisted that their relationship remained cordial and dismissed speculations about any disaster.
Sani additionally took a swipe at opposition politicians aiming to unseat Tinubu in 2027, describing them as power-hungry people who did not ship whereas in workplace.
“Most of those politicians that got here out and say they’re coming as a coalition, they had been in authorities simply two years in the past. What did they do then? They had been solely preventing for energy, not as a result of they might do something higher,” Sani said.
“No president within the historical past of Nigeria has actually practised democracy like President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Nevertheless, in a put up on X (previously Twitter), El-Rufai dismissed Sani’s remarks, calling him a sycophant, alleging that his sudden loyalty to Tinubu was because of the N150bn Federal Authorities reimbursements and grants Kaduna State had obtained previously 18 months.
“Daily I see this governor embarrassingly and sycophantically rambling, I used to surprise why?” El-Rufai wrote.
“Nevertheless, confirming that the Federal Authorities ‘reimbursements, interventions, and grants’ in extra of N150bn have been given selectively to Kaduna by Tinubu now explains every little thing.”
He additional mentioned Kaduna folks would make their judgment on the proper time, urging the governor to “defend Asiwaju” if he needs.
The political pressure between the 2 leaders has intensified following allegations by the Kaduna State Home of Meeting that El-Rufai’s administration siphoned ₦432bn, leaving the state with large debt liabilities.
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