FORMER Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has questioned Governor Uba Sani’s loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He was reacting to Sani’s remarks during an interview on TVC on Monday.
Sani expressed surprise at the growing criticism of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration by some founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Reacting via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, El-Rufai alleged that Sani’s steadfast support for Tinubu was linked to over N150 billion of federal reimbursements granted to Kaduna State 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,” El-Rufai alleged.
He added: “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.”
During the interview, Sani criticised some APC members for public opposition to Tinubu’s policies, describing their actions as “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,” Sani said.
He urged Tinubu’s critics to wait until the 2027 elections if they believed they had the popularity to unseat the president.
“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.
