Former Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai has accused the administration of his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of sponsoring the suspected thugs who invaded a gathering of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition in Kaduna.
Talking on Channels Tv’s Sunday Politics, el-Rufai dismissed strategies that he invited the hoodlums, insisting the state authorities orchestrated the assault.
“It is vitally silly for anybody to assume I’d invite thugs to invade an occasion of my celebration,” he mentioned.
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“The police had been there. They knew what occurred. They supplied cowl for the thugs to do what they did. So, the thugs had been government-sponsored. We all know them, and we all know the law enforcement officials that had been there. The federal government of Kaduna State was behind it.”
The previous governor additionally alleged that safety operatives did not intervene throughout the incident and vowed to current his proof to the Police Service Fee and the Inspector-Common of Police.
On Saturday, suspected thugs armed with cutlasses, golf equipment, and stones stormed the inauguration of an opposition transition committee in Kaduna, attacking individuals and damaging autos. A number of folks had been injured.
El-Rufai additionally mentioned he would submit a proper petition to the IGP’s workplace.
