By Suleiman Anyalewechi
More combatants it appears have enlisted into the raging cold war between the immediate past Governor of Kaduna state Malam Nasir El’Rufai and his successor Governor Uba Sani as the trenches on Sunday March 31 deepened, with the suspension of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Kaduna State Chapter Women Leader, Hajia Maryam Suleiman, for daring to mount a defence for the former Governor .
The Kaduna State APC in a letter jointly signed on Sunday March 31,2024, by Ali Maishago and Zakka Bassahuwa Chairman and Secretary respectively, cited alleged defamation of Governor Sani’s character and unauthorized publication of the party’s dispute that discredited the person of the Governor of Kaduna State as major reasons.
Governor Sani had, on Saturday March 30, at a Stakeholders meeting ignited the raging war following his accusation of his predecessor of plunging the State into a serious financial predicament through series of domestic and foreign loans.
But early on Sunday the Women Leader, Hajia Maryam Suleiman , knocked Governor Sani, describing his public show of the debt profile of the state as an act of treachery and betrayal. She added that the Governor, having been in the picture of the State’s debt portfolio still ran all over the place to secure the Party’s Gubernatorial ticket during the count down to the 2023 general elections.
“It is a clear case of betrayal. Malam El-Rufai did everything for Governor Sani to become a Senator and later the Governor.
“If you say there is no money in Kaduna state ,why don’t you resign ? Notwithstanding the huge debt burden he still ran from pillar to post trying to get the party’s gubernatorial ticket from El-Rufai.
“As a Senator, Sani was the arrow head of all the loans secured by the El-Rufai’s administration. He was deeply involved in all” the women leader noted.
But the APC Kaduna Chapter said after a careful consideration of, and deliberation on the statements credited to Hajia Suleiman, that the party organ at Badarawa/ Malali ward have unanimously decided to suspend the Women leader pending further investigations into the matter by the appropriate authorities.
