Former Kaduna Central Senator and civil rights activist, Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai over his allegations that the current Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, secured an undisclosed ₦150 billion loan from the federal government.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Shehu Sani accused El-Rufai of financial mismanagement and lack of transparency during his tenure as governor.
He claimed that El-Rufai received substantial funds from the Muhammadu Buhari administration but failed to account for them.
Sani alleged that El-Rufai collected billions from excess crude accounts, ecological funds, special grants from the Central Bank of Nigeria, and stamp duties without disclosing their utilization to the people of Kaduna State.
He also pointed out that the former governor secured loans from commercial banks, mortgaged the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), and left behind a burden of debt with little to show in terms of development.
The former senator questioned the handling of a $350 million World Bank loan acquired during El-Rufai’s tenure, stating that no one in Kaduna could confidently account for how the funds were spent.
He called on the Kaduna State House of Assembly to launch a probe into the matter.
Mocking El-Rufai’s accusations against Uba Sani, Shehu Sani remarked that if the current governor withheld details of the alleged ₦150 billion loan, he likely learned it from his predecessor.
He further suggested that if Uba Sani’s political allegiance to President Bola Tinubu is linked to financial gains, then El-Rufai’s loyalty to Buhari during his administration should be questioned in the same manner.
