Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has sharply criticized his successor, Uba Sani, accusing him of sycophancy and seeking to gain favor with President Bola Tinubu for personal benefits.
El-Rufai’s remarks came after Sani expressed surprise during a TVC News interview on Monday at the increasing criticism of Tinubu’s administration from some founding members of the All Progressives Congress.
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In response, El-Rufai took to his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, claiming that Sani’s steadfast support for Tinubu was tied to over N150bn in federal reimbursements Kaduna State received in the past 18 months.
“Every day I see this governor embarrassingly and sycophantically rambling, I used to wonder why? However, confirming that Federal Government ‘reimbursements, interventions, and grants’ in excess of N150bn have been given selectively to Kaduna by Tinubu in the last 18 months now explains everything.
“By all means, defend Asiwaju for the conditional cash transfer. Asiwaju has earned it, coming from you. The people of Kaduna State will judge at the right time and place. Have a nice day,” El-Rufai wrote.
In the TV interview, Sani criticized certain APC members for openly opposing Tinubu’s policies, calling their actions “unfortunate” and “undemocratic.”
“I was really surprised when I heard the coalition of politicians coming together at this critical time to make most of those comments they made. Some of them were even calling for people to come out and take laws into their hands, oppose the government in a way that I feel is undemocratic,” Sani said.
Sani challenged Tinubu’s critics, advising them to wait for the 2027 elections if they believed they had enough support to remove the president from office.
“Of course, I also want to make it clear here that we’re in a democratic dispensation, and we have just about two and a half years to the next election. Any politician who feels he is popular or can defeat Bola Ahmed Tinubu or the APC should work hard and present themselves in the next election,” he added.
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