Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has reportedly threatened to expose former governors of Kaduna State who allegedly got their wealth by illegally milking the coffers of Kaduna State.
The seating governor of Kaduna State on Monday vehemently reprimanded his detractors whom he claimed are far from being saints to desist from their plans to sabotage his government and downplay the goodwill of his administration.
According to the Vanguard, the governor warned that “if they continue to talk, he would have no choice but to tell the world how they looted the money meant for development in the state and ferried some to UAE and other metropolitan capitals of Europe and America where they allegedly acquired properties”.
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El-rufai who granted an interview in Hausa language on Monday made the following allegations:
“One of the former Governors was allegedly complicit in a missing N500 million contract to reconstruct the popular WAFF Road, as nothing was done on the road until he came as Governor and turned the road into a dual carriageway.
“They looted the money, the person they gave the WAFF road contract is dead.
“They are all looters, I know how they were before and look at their current status. One has built a big mansion in Kaduna at Jabi” he said.
The incumbent governor of Kaduna added ”I challenge anybody who has knowledge of our government collecting 10 % commission from contractors.But these people were collecting 10% commission.
” I am a Quantity Surveyor, I know the quality of work they have done.”
However, among the former governors, el-Rufai was reported to have singled out former Vice President Namadi Sambo who during his reign as Governor of Kaduna State, “started a 300-bed specialist hospital in Kaduna but couldn’t complete the project due to the political exigencies that took him to Aguda House in Abuja”.