Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has accused former governor Nasir El-Rufai of plotting to unleash mayhem across the state.
In a statement signed by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr Suleiman Shuiabu, the state government warned that the people have endured enough trauma, bloodshed and division.
The statement read in parts, “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 destabilise the state and drag it back into its dark and violent past.
“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 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 government said.
It continued, “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,” the statement explained.
Efforts to get former governor Nasir El-Rufai’s reaction over the accusation were not successful.
