Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has been rebuffed for criticising the federal appointments of President Bola Ahmed Tinbu.
The attack on the ex-governor came from Senator Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna North and one-time political ally of El Rufai.
The ex-governor, had reacted to a piece by a social critic Prof. Farooq Perogi where he criticised the lopsided appointments of President Tinubu, which he claimed favoured the Yoruba ethnic group where the president hails from.
President Tinubu has been roundly criticised for the action, as many insist that he’s trying to repeat what happened under former President Muhammadu Buhari, whose many appointments were filled by his northern kinsmen.
“Two wrongs do not make a right. Sensible inclusion always trumps arrogant exclusion,” the ex-governor wrote on his X handle, in his reaction to the issue.
Senator Sani, in his veiled reaction to the ex-governor said El Rufai is like the pot calling kettle black, saying what he did as governor is worst than what President Tinubu has done.
The former lawmaker described the former governor’s tenure as Kaduna state helmsman as an ‘apartheid’ era, filled with nepotism and marginalisation of opponents, particularly those from the Southern Kaduna.
Sani said, “Lets not make reference to the nepotism that marginalised Southern Kaduna for eight years.Kaduna was an apartheid state for eight years.”
Recall that the former governor was an ally of the former governor before they parted ways ahead the 2029 general election.
Also, the former governor had ditched his sumptuous relationship with President Tinubu after he struggled to scale the Nigerian Senate ministerial screening last year. El Rufai blamed Tinubu and other hawks in his government for his predicament, even though he strongly backed Tinubu on his ascension to power.
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