Alhaji Muhammadu Abdullahi Sugar,
a political associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused
Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State of using the Nigerian Ports Authority
(NPA) to fight the ex-VP.
Sugar was reacting to the news of
the termination of Atiku’s Intels Nigeria Limited’s Boats Pilotage
Monitoring and Supervision agreement entered with NPA.
He said the action was the
“handiwork” of El-Rufai.
According to Sugar, President
Muhammadu Buhari might not be aware of the development, saying, “Intels is a
legitimate company doing legitimate business based on agreement with the NPA.
“We know too well that this is
the handiwork of El-Rufai; but we want him to remember that even his boss, in
the person of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, tried to pull Atiku down when they had issues
but the former vice president came out stronger.
“All efforts to paint him (Atiku)
black with false allegations of corruption failed, and this one too will go the
same way by Allah’s will,” he said.
Sugar further said El-Rufai
should be reminded of how Atiku brought him from “nowhere to limelight.”
The APC stalwart urged the
National Assembly to genuinely look into the issue of NPA and Intels, insisting
that the company had not violated any law.
“Atiku started this company from
a container in 1982 and today it has become one of the companies to reckon with
in this country; employing thousands of Nigerians. Therefore, rather than
trying to edge him out of business, he should be commended,” he said.
“He brought out his resources in
2015 to support Buhari and the APC in all elections. But when the government
came on board, he was not given any ministerial slot or any appointment to
nominate any of his supporters, yet he kept quiet and now you are paying him
with this? It’s unfortunate,” Sugar added.
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