The All Progressives Congress (APC)
senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has said the state
Governor,Nasir el-Rufai has no moral right to say the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) “destroyed Nigeria in 16 years.”
Sani
said that el-Rufai spent 14 years in the PDP, which, according to him, means
the Governor also enjoyed the milking of Nigeria's resources during that
period.
The
senator who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, August 15,
also accused el-Rufai of impoverishing the Kaduna indigenes with his programmes
and policies.
Sani
said: “If you google el-Rufai, you will see him from 1999 but if you google
Shehu Sani, you will see him from 1989. So you can see. He was brought to
limelight by virtue of being in the politics of the PDP.
“I
laughed at him when he said ‘the PDP has destroyed Nigeria for 16 years’ while
he enjoyed 14 years out of the 16. For somebody who has spent 14 out of the 16
years, you cannot say he is a repented man in two years.
“If
you repent in two years, it has to take time to reach people who have never
been sinners, like me. I have never eaten from the PDP nor have I ever been
under their umbrella. But he was part and parcel of it for this period of time.
“They
do not want criticism; they do not want contrary opinions, but that is what
drove them from that very party. When they moved out of the PDP what they said
is that they were denied the right to express themselves on the way the party
should be run.
“Nigerians
have a, very sadly, short memory. We forget people who were part and parcel of
the destruction of this country simply because they change political parties
and then they become saints.
“It
is good when you repent, but we should remind you each time you try to insult
our intelligence, to tell us that you are clean and every other person is
dirty.
“Since
el-Rufai took over power, he has kept on unleashing one programme after another
that further made things difficult for the people.
“We
are still within the APC but right now, the problem has gone beyond me and him.
It also involves stakeholders in the state: the party is divided."
Sani
said the people who invested heavily in the party have been marginalised,
adding that a seeming new group has emerged challenging el-Rufai's dominance
and authority in the party.
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