Senator Sani stated this at plenary on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, while reacting to the demolition of the factional All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Kaduna state.
The APC faction had suspended Governor El-Rufai for six months.
The lawmaker who accused El-Rufai of tyranny adding that the governor claimed his actions were backed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai with President Muhammadu Buhari at Rigasa train station in Kaduna
(Twitter/@BashirAhmaad)
Senator Sani further advised President Buhari to caution “his beloved son” who he described as “a curse” to Kaduna state.
His words:
“I stand to formally and officially report that this morning as early as 4:30am, the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir-El-rufai, led a team of soldiers and police men to Sambo road 11where he personally supervised a demolition of our new APC office which happened to be the property belonging to Distinguished Sen. Suleiman Hukunyi.
“This comes a year after; the same governor demolished the past residence of Alhaji Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, the National Vice Chairman North-west of the APC. This is on a series of arbitrariness of tyranny perpetuated by the governor against dissenting opposition voices in the state.
“It is of concern that the Governor of the state is in the habit of name dropping the name of Mr. President. There are reports and claims that the Governor has been saying and has been acting with the authority and on behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“That his action has the official stamp and go ahead of the president to eradicate and dislodge and at the same time being an end to opposing and dissenting voices within the party.
Demolished building belonging to Senator Hunkuyi Suleiman
(Twitter/@HunkuyiSuleiman)
“In his own thinking, that would send a message to other persons outside of the state and other members of the country to remain silent to wishes of people in the position of power today. I will say very clear here that in the last two and half years, we have been faced with tyranny in and state.
“My constituency office was attacked by violent thugs more than 11 times and it has also even very clear that armed military police men have been consistently been used by the governor to intimidate and harass people who don’t agree with him.
“It is of concern that after 20 years of military that a man with such a rapid ambition and arrogance of power can appropriate for himself and power to act outside of the law. How can a democratically elected governor demolish a house without notice? Simply for the fact that we have set up office different form the one he has personalized himself as a sole called party man.
“It is of concern to us that these actions by the governor have been done in the name of Mr. President who he believed that he is his son that he so much loves. Governor Nasir El-Rufai is an affliction to the people of Kaduna state and a curse to us.
“We will use this opportunity to call on Mr. President to caution is beloved son who has unleashed a reign of terror and has behaved in the most despicable and irresponsible way. It is a fact that if this crisis is not in any way nipped in the bud, it will in every way, catapult into something very bigger.
“I will say this that I will use this opportunity to call on the federal government to rein on the governor of Kaduna state.
“That we in our state we cannot accept such a man who continuously behaves with all the qualities of a Hitler or a Stalin or Nebuchadnezzar,” the Senator concluded.
In his remarks, the deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu appealed to politicians not to overheat the polity.
“As we head into 2019, I would appeal to politicians not to overheat the system and then, impede our democracy."
There is a limit to the patience of our people. So I just do hope that this is end to this kind of incidence in any part of the country. If people have grievances, they have the court there to settle it", he added.
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