Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, has dismissed suggestions that he was under the political tutelage of his predecessor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, insisting that his guiding lights remained President Bola Tinubu and the late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. He explained that the government adopted a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, working with both community leaders and security agencies to tackle insecurity, particularly in Birnin Gwari, where he said community-based initiatives have yielded results.
Reacting to the violent disruption of an opposition transition committee meeting recently in the State, Governor Sani distanced himself from the incident and urged respect for law enforcement agencies.
“As someone who fought for the rule of law and was detained five times, I will never be part of anything to stop anyone’s political activities,” he said. Our leader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, always told us to respect the police force if we don’t want anarchy. The police are investigating, and we should allow them to do their work.” Governor Sani also pointed to the ruling All Progressives Congress’ (APC) sweeping victories in the last elections as proof of inclusive governance.
“In Kaduna, APC won 70 per cent of the elections. We had never won Chikun and Kajuru before. Only two years ago, Labour Party won there, but this time, we carried everyone along. We don’t run government on the basis of religion or ethnicity,” the governor stated.
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