Sani, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, took a swipe at the opposition over their recent alleged plan of coalition to remove President Bola Tinubu from office in the 2027 general election.
On Monday, January 27, former Governor El-Rufai was said to have tackled the APC, saying the party has abandoned its founding principles and now strengthened poor leadership.
El-Rufai, alongside Atiku and Amaechi, had commented on the growing democracy in Nigeria at the conference, they recommended that all opposition parties should unite and form a strong front against the ruling APC ahead of the 2027 general election.
The conference also maintained that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should allow new political parties to be registered as contained in the constitution.
The National Conference was organised by a group of civil society organisations, which included the National Peace Committee, the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WfD), Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), and Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA).
Reacting to the recommendations of the opposition members, Governor Sani said all the opposition cannot match President Tinubu when it comes to upholding the principle of democracy, adding that they were only gathering together to be in power and not in the interest of Nigerians.
The governor stated that all the opposition politicians were in power two years ago, and then asked what they did when they were in power. He stressed that they were fighting President Tinubu not because they had something better than what he was doing but because they were no longer in power.
Governor Sani’s comment reads in part:
See the video of his interview here:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that the ICPC has filed fresh charges against Muhammad Bashir Saidu, the former chief of staff to the immediate past Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai.
Saidu, who earlier served as commissioner for finance under el-Rufai, is facing two-count charges of money laundering alongside Ibrahim Muktar, a public officer in the ministry.
The embattled ex-aide to El-Rufai is currently being remanded in prison for sharing fake news about the state of insecurity in the country.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
