The Kaduna Good Governance Forum, KGGF, has asked former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to allow his successor, Uba Sani, to restore peace to the state.
The Forum equally condemned what it described as the harassment and distraction of Sani’s administration by El-Rufai.
Further accusing El-Rufai of threatening Sani with the 2027 general elections, the group condemned what it described as the former governor’s alleged attempts to rewrite history and assert himself as the owner of Kaduna State.
DAILY POST reports that El-Rufai backed Sani, who served as Special Adviser, Political and Intergovernmental Affairs, during his administration, to become Kaduna State governor in the 2023 election.
However, the two men fell out shortly after Sani emerged governor, following his victory in the gubernatorial poll.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly is currently probing El-Rufai’s administration, at the instigation of Governor Sani.
In a statement signed by Comrade Richard Amos, the Kaduna Good Governance Forum endorsed Governor Sani’s efforts in healing what it described as the wounds of insecurity and corruption inflicted on Kaduna State during el-Rufai’s administration.
In the same vein, the Forum said El-Rufai’s actions since the face-off with Sani’s government smack of desperation to rewrite history and suit his narrative.
According to the Forum, El-Rufai’s threats against Sani over the 2027 election are a threat to democracy, as only the people of Kaduna State have the right to decide their leader in the next polls.
The Kaduna Good Governance Forum demanded that El-Rufai allow the current administration to continue its work in restoring peace and unity to Kaduna State.
“We urge El-Rufai to desist from any further threats and allow the current administration to continue its work in restoring peace and unity to Kaduna State while focusing on how to explain the theft of Kaduna State money stolen under his watch.
“The Kaduna Good Governance Forum demands that El-Rufai immediately stop his attempt at revisionism, as the people are too enlightened to fall for such a cheap trick.
“For a man who, as governor, precipitated the insecurity that now ravages the entire North-West by placing terrorists and bandits on salary, we are concerned that the threat to Governor Uba Sani is not just about politics.
“This potential to undermine the security of the state and the whole of Nigeria is enough reason for the authorities to speed up identifying and prosecuting the aides he used to steal and launder Kaduna State’s money to retrieve these funds from them and keep the state and the country safe.
“We earnestly hope that the probe of the malfeasance that dominated his administration will be taken beyond his aides, who were mere errand boys, to include El-Rufai himself.
“This malfeasance and his suspected role as a terrorist sponsor must be the core of the security report that ensured he was not confirmed as a minister, even though President Bola Tinubu magnanimously nominated him as one.
“It is the reason he is now a retired former politician who is traipsing the country, trying to form a collective of those who had failed in public office and are too bitter at being rejected,” the statement added.