{"id":155565,"date":"2025-03-18T18:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:34:42","slug":"uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges","title":{"rendered":"Uba Sani contracted to destroy my political future \u2013 El-Rufai alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of accepting a political \u201ccontract\u201d from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to weaken him politically ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai made this statement while reacting to Governor Sani\u2019s recent comments regarding the debt incurred by the former Kaduna administration.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sani had earlier claimed that the state\u2019s debt was so massive that it could not be repaid.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview with Freedom Radio Kaduna, which was later published on YouTube, El-Rufai alleged that Governor Uba Sani\u2019s administration has failed due to a lack of knowledge and competence.<\/p>\n<p>According to El-Rufai, Uba Sani accepted the \u201ccontract\u201d because the Tinubu-led federal government fears he might oppose them in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason Uba Sani is making these statements is that he was given a contract. He was given a contract that says: \u2018Go and tarnish, destroy, and politically cripple Nasir El-Rufai because we believe he will fight Tinubu in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said, \u2018We have wronged him, and we believe he will challenge Tinubu later, so help us weaken him politically. That\u2019s why you should raise the issue of Kaduna\u2019s debt, and we will support you in return.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former governor further claimed that the federal government is rewarding Governor Uba Sani by providing him with financial support for projects in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told him, \u2018We will continue to give you funds to execute projects, and you can loot as much as you want, but just ensure you deal with this man because he is a threat.\u2019 That is the contract Uba Sani accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of accepting a political \u201ccontract\u201d from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to weaken him politically ahead of the 2027 elections. El-Rufai made this statement while reacting to Governor Sani\u2019s recent comments regarding the debt incurred by the former Kaduna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[16393,16394,1486,254],"class_list":["post-155565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-former-governor-of-kaduna-state","tag-gov-uba-sani","tag-nasir-el-rufai","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uba Sani contracted to destroy my political future \u2013 El-Rufai alleges - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of accepting a political ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uba Sani contracted to destroy my political future \u2013 El-Rufai alleges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of accepting a political ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-18T17:48:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T16:34:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742311540.899447.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1070\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"714\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uba Sani contracted to destroy my political future \u2013 El-Rufai alleges\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-18T17:48:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T16:34:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges\"},\"wordCount\":294,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742311540.899447.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Former Governor of Kaduna State\",\"Gov Uba Sani\",\"Nasir El-Rufai\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uba-sani-contracted-to-destroy-my-political-future-el-rufai-alleges\",\"name\":\"Uba Sani contracted to destroy my political future \u2013 El-Rufai alleges - 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