Kaduna Central Senator, Uba Sani, has described alleged
moves against his 2023 ambition as a display of cowardice.
The lawmaker announced his intention to succeed Governor
Nasir El-Rufai last week.
After his declaration, “Concerned PDP Members, Kaduna State”
petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
They alleged Sani has been using public money for politics
and that the mobilization of his constituents to access the CBN/NIRSAL COVID-19
funds was a ploy to influence party delegates.
In a statement on Friday, Rabiu Abubakar, Sani’s Chief
Constituency Officer said they were not surprised by the “desperation”.
The aide noted that since his principal entry into the
governorship race, “entrenched political forces” have become jittery and
resorted to blackmail.
Abubakar said they had been “concocting lies and unnecessary
heating up of the Kaduna State political landscape”.
Insisting the petition “reeks of crass ignorance”, he
explained that majority of the beneficiaries were rural farmers, traders and
artisans and market women.
“Out of these 10,000 beneficiaries, just about 500 are party
delegates. This proves that the aim was not political patronage but to mobilize
people in need to access the funds.
“Some elements cannot live with the fact that a first time
Senator has broken new grounds and has surpassed all expectations. They are
applying foul means to try to stop the momentum.”
Sani told his opponents that he is interested in
issues-based politicking, not character assassination and lies.
The Senator declared his readiness to join issues with
anybody “based on facts and sound arguments”.
The statement stressed that “the use of proxies or hatchet
men to fight political battles is an act of cowardice”.
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