{"id":68960,"date":"2022-07-23T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-uba-sani-speaks-on-alleged-cold-war-between-el-rufai-shettima"},"modified":"2022-07-23T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T10:43:07","slug":"2023-uba-sani-speaks-on-alleged-cold-war-between-el-rufai-shettima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-uba-sani-speaks-on-alleged-cold-war-between-el-rufai-shettima","title":{"rendered":"2023: Uba Sani speaks on alleged cold war between El-Rufai, Shettima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, Uba Sani, has insisted there is no rift between the party\u2019s vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima and the governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>Sani stated this while reacting to speculation that Shettima and El-Rufai are having a \u201ccold war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event in Kaduna on Friday, the lawmaker described the rumour as \u201cmalicious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The governorship candidate said Shettima has the full support of the Kaduna governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to deliver a goodwill message from my brother, Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to also say here that Governor El-Rufai has total support for our brother, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima; we have worked together, we are brothers and we are friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Kaduna will give Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate and Shettima the highest votes in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assure you, and stand to be quoted anywhere, anytime that Kaduna State would deliver the highest votes for the Tinubu presidency in 2023,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, Uba Sani, has insisted there is no rift between the party\u2019s vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima and the governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai. Sani stated this while reacting to speculation that Shettima and El-Rufai are having a \u201ccold war\u201d. 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