February 19, 2025

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has strongly criticized his successor, Governor Uba Sani, accusing him of sycophancy and pandering to President Bola Tinubu for personal benefits. El-Rufai’s remarks came in response to Sani’s recent comments during a TVC News interview on Monday, where the governor expressed dismay over growing criticism of Tinubu’s administration from some founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, El-Rufai claimed that Sani’s staunch support for Tinubu was motivated by over N150 billion in federal reimbursements, interventions, and grants allegedly received by Kaduna State in the past 18 months.

El-Rufai wrote, “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.”

During the TVC interview, Governor Sani had criticized some APC members for publicly opposing Tinubu’s policies, describing their actions as “unfortunate” and “undemocratic.”

Sani stated, “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.”

He further challenged Tinubu’s critics to wait for the 2027 elections if they believed they were popular enough 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,” Sani added.

The exchange highlights the growing tension within the APC as members grapple with differing opinions on the Tinubu administration’s policies and performance.

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