Former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has rained curses on Governor Uba Sani, accusing him of using Police whom he described as the Governor’s ‘kidnapping gang’ to arrest former Commissioner, Ja’afar Sani who served under his administration.
Though details of his arrest were still sketchy as of press time, The Nation gathered security operatives arrested the former Commissioner on Thursday afternoon and immediately took him to court from where he was later moved to a correctional facility.
Sani, who served at various times as Commissioner for Local Government, Education and Environment, was allegedly picked up by policemen acting on the orders of the State Government.
El-Rufai nominated the former Commissioner to President Bola Tinubu to replace him as Minister in 2023 after the Senate withheld his confirmation, citing security reports from the State Security Service.
Sani recently defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with his former principal, El-Rufai.
The former Governor, in a reaction on his verified X handle, rained curses on Governor Sani and the security operatives who arrested his political ally.
El-Rufai, who closed his statement with curses in Hausa language said: “Allah Ya Isa! Allah ya Tsine ma su”, meaning; God will judge them! God punish them, alleged Sani’s real crime is his resignation from the APC, and joining the SDP.
According to the former Governor: “Our colleague and versatile former commissioner during the El-Rufai Administration – Mallam Jafaru Sani has been abducted in Kaduna by Uba Sani’s kidnapping gang claiming to be the police, this afternoon!
“Ja’afaru was remanded in prison custody by a magistrate without any police first information report or charges by the State Ministry of Justice.
“On inquiry, we have learned that Jafaru is being charged with money laundering – a federal offense that neither the State Judiciary or even the Police have jurisdiction to adjudicate or investigate.
“Jafaru’s real crime is his resignation from the APC, and joining the SDP – and having been proposed by he as the replacement ministerial nominee representing Kaduna State in August 2023.
“The tactics are similar to those used against another colleague of ours – Bashir Saidu when he was abducted on the 31st of December, 2024, and kept in captivity for 50 days before he was released on bail!
“The ignominious role of some henpecked and compromised magistrates and high court judges in the Kaduna State judiciary remains a source of great concern to us.
“We are watching and waiting as no condition is permanent, and there will be accountability for all decisions and actions, one day, soon.
“Allah Ya Isa! Allah ya Tsine ma su.”
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