Former members of the Kaduna State Government Council have described the allegations of corruption in opposition to them by Governor Uba Sani as a politically motivated smear marketing campaign.
The Kaduna executives who served beneath the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, rejected the Kaduna State Home of Meeting’s report, which claims N423bn went lacking through the administration of the previous governor.
In an announcement they signed, the previous state government council members argue that the accusations are fabricated and being recycled for political achieve.
The Home of Meeting’s report, first launched in June 2024, resurfaced this week, with some media retailers treating it as “breaking information.” The previous officers insist they debunked these claims in June and July 2024, proving that the allegations lack credibility.
They contend that most of the loans listed within the report weren’t drawn beneath their administration or had been disbursed after their tenure ended. Some loans, they are saying, had been double-counted, and even a railway mortgage that was by no means contracted was included within the accusations.
“Solely these inclined to fiction can consider that 40% of Kaduna’s earnings over eight years merely vanished,” the assertion learn.
The previous officers additionally accused Governor Uba Sani’s administration of taking credit score for El-Rufai-era tasks whereas falsely claiming monetary mismanagement.
“We won’t be silenced. We are going to proceed to defend our legacy and expose this smokescreen of deceit,” the assertion avowed.
