Gov Uba Sani begins intimidation of opposition in Kaduna, El-Rufai reveals
By KEMI KASUMU
The All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in Kaduna State, under Governor Uba Sani, has been accused of unleashing his “kidnapping gang” claiming to be the police in the state.
Disclosing this in a post on his verified Facebook social media network page on Thursday was former Governor of the state, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, who said the gang working on instructions of Governor Sani “abducted” his former Commissioner, Mallam Jafaru Sani, under the disguise of doing police work and remanded him in prison custody on order of a magistrate without any police first information report or charges by the State Ministry of Justice.
In the statement titled “Kaduna Update”, Mallam El-Rufai said, “Our colleague and versatile former commissioner during the El-Rufai Administration – Mallam Jafaru Sani has been abducted in Kaduna by Uba Sani’s kidnapping gang claiming to be the police, this afternoon!
“Jafaru was remanded in prison custody by a magistrate without any police first information report or charges by the State Ministry of Justice.
“On inquiry, we have learned that Jafaru is being charged with money laundering – a federal offense that neither the State Judiciary or even the Police have jurisdiction to adjudicate or investigate.
“Jafaru’s real crime is his resignation from the APC, and joining the SDP – and having been proposed by he as the replacement ministerial nominee representing Kaduna State in August 2023.
“The tactics are similar to those used against another colleague of ours – Bashir Saidu when he was abducted on the 31st of December, 2024, and kept in captivity for 50 days before he was released on bail!
“The ignominious role of some henpecked and compromised magistrates and high court judges in the Kaduna State judiciary remains a source of great concern to us.
“We are watching and waiting as no condition is permanent, and there will be accountability for all decisions and actions, one day, soon.
“Allah Ya Isa! Allah ya Tsine ma su – @elrufai.”
