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By Oscar Okhifo
Senator Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly has declared that former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El- Rufai actually weaponized poverty in northern Nigeria while in office.
He also queried the intention behind the recent criticisms against President Bola Tinubu’s administration launched by ex-transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi and Mallam El-Rufai.
Senator Sani in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday said both men were unfit to criticize Tinubu because they were both part of a government that made Nigerians more hungry, and created insecurity across the nation.
He also described El-Rufai as the patriarch of bandits and godfather of insecurity in Nigeria.
“The government which El-Rufai and Amaechi served were the precipitators and enablers of hunger and insecurity. They have no moral rights to so accuse this administration.
“El-Rufai is the patriarch of banditry and the godfather of insecurity in Northern Nigeria. He knows it.”
According to the former lawmaker, the ex- Kaduna governor was too toxic to serve in Tinubu`s government.
“He was rejected. This is why he has resorted to verbal attacks against the administration.
“El-Rufai’s attacks on Tinubu is an expression of anger over exclusion and a failed sense of entitlement.
“No government has weaponized and spread poverty in Nigeria than the government of El-rufai in Kaduna state and beyond.
“They accused Tinubu of weaponizing poverty-the very people who served the previous government that left over 163 million Nigerians living below the poverty line.
“He sacked thousands of workers, demolished homes of poor people, taxed the most vulnerable. El-Rufai and his fellow travellers have no moral standing to talk about poverty and insecurity.
“El-Rufai’s Government was a pandemic of evil and bloodshed.” he said.
Recall that recently, at the 60th birthday of ex- Rivers state Governor Chibuike Amaechi, El-Rufai, Amaechi and others took the present administration to the cleaners accusing it of weaponizing poverty in the country.