Governor El-Rufai, in his response, dismissed the query, describing it as a non-issue
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a query to the Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and suspended some of his aides.
Those suspended by the new faction include: Political Adviser, Mallam Uba Sani; Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Abdu Kwari and the acting state secretary of the party, Yahaya Pate.
Speaking to Vanguard, while unveiling its new secretariat, Alhaji Shuaibu Wada said he is the new leader of the group.
Wada was sidelined after the state APC chairman, Bala Bantex was nominated to be the Governor’s running mate in 2018.
The faction, also known as Restoration Group, gave the Governor 48 hours to respond to the query.
El-Rufai responds
Governor El-Rufai, in his response, dismissed the query, describing the new group as political traders.
He also said that he will remain committed to providing good governance to people of Kaduna.
El-Rufai said that he will not “pay heed to the attention-seeking gambits of desperate politicians, who have steadily been demystified.”
Adding that he is “ready to send political traders into retirement and will not be swayed by their drowning antics.”
3 APC factions in Kaduna
The emergence of the restoration group, brings to three, the factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state.
There is the faction loyal to the Government House and the group loyal to Senator Shehu Sani.
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