Tinubu, Fawehinmi are my leaders, not El-Rufai — Gov Sani

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has dismissed claims by his predecessor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, that helium is 1 of his mentees, stressing alternatively that his governmental leaders are President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the precocious Chief Gani Fawehinmi.

El-Rufai, during a caller quality connected Channels Television, described the Kaduna politician arsenic 1 of the galore radical helium mentored. 

The ex-governor said, “Uba Sani is 1 of my mentees. I developed galore of them. My biggest pridefulness successful beingness is that I’ve elevated galore people. I’ve encouraged and mentored galore radical to greatness. Some adjacent greater than me, and I’m precise arrogant of it.”

But reacting successful an interrogation with TVC connected Sunday, Governor Sani said helium would not beryllium drawn into idiosyncratic exchanges, insisting his absorption remains connected delivering for the radical of Kaduna State.

“I don’t deliberation it is indispensable for maine to respond to that remark due to the fact that for maine it is thing I deliberation I person nary clip to respond to,” helium said.

Instead, Sani named President Tinubu and the precocious Fawehinmi arsenic the leaders who shaped his governmental journey. 

“I person truthful galore radical that I’ve worked with successful my life. Even President Bola Ahmed Tinubu — I met him successful 1994 astatine the location of Beko Ransom Kuti, and I inactive respect him arsenic my leader. Chief Gani Fawehinmi is simply a leader, a begetter to maine due to the fact that during the epoch of struggle, I lived successful his house,” the politician stated.

The politician emphasised that helium would not beryllium distracted by idiosyncratic remarks, adding that his medication remains committed to governance successful Kaduna. 

“If idiosyncratic is speaking astir me, I volition not comment. But what I tin accidental present is that I’m focusing connected Kaduna. I don’t speech astir individuals, my absorption is Kaduna. I don’t get distracted, my eyes are connected the ball,” helium stressed.

Sani was El-Rufai’s governmental advisor betwixt 2015 and 2019.

Ahead of the 2019 election, El-Rufai supported Sani to regenerate Shehu Sani arsenic the legislator for the Kaduna Central district.

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