Kaduna State government has accused the immediate-past governor of the State, Nasir El-Rufai, of plotting to unleash mayhem across the State, warning the former governor to desist from his alleged attempts to destabilise the State.
In a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr Suleiman Shuaibu, the State government noted that the people of the State have endured enough trauma, bloodshed, and division unleashed on them when El-Rufai was at the helm of affairs.
“The Kaduna State Government is compelled to issue this unequivocal and final warning to a former Governor of the State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who, through a calculated mix of overt provocation and covert manipulation, is plotting to unleash mayhem across Kaduna State in a desperate bid to destabilize the state and drag it back into its dark and violent past.
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“His actions in recent days are not mere political posturing; they are direct threats to the peace, unity, and development of the state. This Government will not fold its arms and allow a discredited former leader, who left the state in ruins, to ignite chaos and plunge the state into another era of ethno-religious tension, insecurity, and economic stagnation,” the statement said.
The statement further said, “Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has made it glaringly obvious that he can not stomach the progress Kaduna is making under the administration of Governor Uba Sani. This administration has been widely recognised for its inclusive, people-centered, and security-focused approach to governance. In just under two years, Kaduna has transitioned from a state at the brink of collapse, saddled with insecurity, deep ethno-religious wounds and crushing debt, to a growing beacon of hope, unity, and development. But instead of supporting this journey of recovery, El-Rufai has chosen to obstruct it by exploiting old wounds and deliberately peddling dangerous lies designed to incite violence and discord.”
The statement noted, “The Kaduna State Government is aware that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai intensified his plots following the massive electoral losses suffered by his political surrogates during the August 16 bye-elections. His rejected candidates and the incoherent political coalition he assembled were resoundingly defeated in free, fair, and transparent elections that affirmed the people’s trust in the APC’s leadership and Senator Uba Sani’s progressive governance.”
The statement added, “These victories, especially in historically opposition-dominated constituencies, were not mere flukes. They were a verdict on El-Rufai’s legacy: one of exclusion, division, and destruction, and an endorsement of the current administration’s focus on peace, prosperity, and inclusion.”
Though efforts to get former Governor El-Rufai’s reaction over the accusations against him were not successful as at press time.
