Kaduna State Government has lambasted its immediate past governor, Nasir El-Rufai, describing him as a frustrated politician who was sinking and determined to drag others along.

The state government, which stated this on Thursday, reminded the former governor that it was alive and thriving, adding that no amount of drama from his political leftovers in the coalition-led African Democratic Congress, ADC, will change that.

The government also pointed out that the sort of violence identifiable with El-Rufai’s administration had no semblance with the Sani government.

It equally debunked allegations that it was plotting to rig the August 16 by-elections in Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency and Zaria, Sabon-Gari state constituencies.

DAILY POST recalls that ADC and Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Kaduna State had accused the state government of plotting to rig tomorrow’s elections.

The coalition, led by ADC National Vice Chairman (North-West), Jafaru Sani, had at a press conference on Thursday alleged that the Kaduna State government was plotting to use thugs to disrupt the elections and buy votes.

The ADC vice chairman, who was accompanied by El-Rufai and the Kaduna State chairman of ADC, alleged that the state government was planning to rig the elections through mass recruitment of thugs, bribery of electoral officials, and vote buying.

Reacting, however, the State Commissioner for Information, Ahmed Maiyaki, described the allegations as baseless, mischievous, and a desperate attempt to discredit an election the coalition knew it could not win.

“Democracy in Kaduna is alive and thriving, and no amount of theatre from El-Rufai’s political leftovers in ADC will change that.

“El-Rufai is a frustrated politician who is sinking and wants to drag others along,” he said.