The Chairman of Soba Local Government Area in Kaduna State has disclosed how current Governor Uba Sani personally appealed to leaders in the APC to support former Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s re-election bid during a political crisis.
Muhammed Shehu revealed the behind-the-scenes negotiations that took place when El-Rufai faced widespread opposition ahead of the 2019 elections.
Speaking to Daily Trust, Shehu described his role in the opposition movement against El-Rufai’s second term. “In 2017, I was one of the leading figures in the Kaduna Restoration Group, a group that had a raging battle with the former governor, Nasir El-Rufai. I fought every step of the way alongside Senator Shehu Sani,” he said.
The LGA chairman explained the intensity of opposition El-Rufai faced at the time. “It was almost like a unanimous decision by the political actors within the Kaduna political space that El-Rufai should not come back, and he should not be given a second term because Kaduna could not bear four more years of intimidation, harassment, hardship, and all of that,” Shehu stated.
He described how desperate El-Rufai’s situation had become before Gov. Uba Sani intervened. He disclosed how a secret midnight meeting changed the political dynamics. “It was Malam Uba Sani, as his then political adviser, that reached out to me. He came to Abuja here with Malam Samaila Suleiman, who was a House of Representatives member. They came to me. We met at Transcorp Hotel around 12 midnight,” he disclosed.
Shehu highlighted Governor Uba Sani’s passionate appeal during their first direct interaction. The LGA chairman detailed how Uba Sani made his case for supporting El-Rufai. “He told me certain things, he gave me a background of their relationship with Mallam El-Rufai and still pleaded that we should join hands together in moving the state. He was very passionate about the need for El-Rufai to do a second term,” Shehu said.
Following the meeting, Shehu revealed how he worked to convince other members of the Kaduna Restoration Group and how they mobilized to support El-Rufai in 2019 despite the challenges in the state at that moment.Continue, Full, Reading>>>>
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