El-Rufai Is Not From Kaduna State, But Katsina – Kaduna PDP Alleges

Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has been accused by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna chapter of not being from Kaduna state originally but from Katsina state.

He has also been warned to stop heating up the polity in Kaduna, where the people have helped him grow from obscurity to prominence.



According to a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hassan Ahmed Rufai, while speaking in an interview said that el-Rufai, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, had once told some inhabitants of Unguwan Sarki in Kaduna North Local Government Area, who had visited him in Abuja that he was not an indigene of Kaduna State.

He further said that their investigation had revealed that the El-Rufai was from Daudawa, a village in Katsina State, but grew up in Kawo, Kaduna North Local Government Area, under the guardianship of a retired federal permanent secretary.

“We know him as a person that was raised by the respected elder statesman. We in Kaduna, we are liberal and accommodating. But sometimes many people take that for granted. El-Rufai had told the Kaduna people that he was not their minister, why should he now come to seek for their votes? He should go to Katsina,” he said.

On the recent assurance by el-Rufai that he would not demolish people’s houses if elected governor, reminiscent to what he did in the Federal Capital Territory, Rufai declared that the former minister was not a friend of masses but had been promoting the elite class and those in high authority. He concluded that in an attempt to impress his class, el-Rufai had the tendencies of coming up with policies that might not augur well for the common people.

“If el-Rufai could muster the courage and demolish places of worship in the FCT when he was minister, what assurance do we have that he will not demolish people’s houses in Kaduna? I pity petty traders and artisans, those doing business by the roadside to eke a living. They are at risk; God save us,” Rufai said.