Kaduna-based politician and activist, Hon. Ibrahim Ahmadu, has condemned what he called “disrespectful and mannerless” outburst of Bashir El-Rufai, son of immediate past governor of Kaduna State, against Governor Uba Sani.

Ahmadu said the tone of Bashir’s tweets in reaction to Governor Sani’s declaration on the state’s finances were not only myopic but also smacked of poor upbringing.

Addressing a town hall meeting in Kaduna on Saturday, Governor Sani had revealed that his administration inherited $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the El-Rufai administration.

He, however, said the situation had not stopped his administration from meeting its contractual obligations.

But no sooner did Governor Sani make the declaration than El-Rufai’s son, Bashir, attacked him via a tweet on X, saying that the governor was only trying to cover his administration’s incompetence.

Bashir tweeted: “These guys have realised that they are wholly incompetent and the only way to mask the nonsense is to deflect. From a Governor, who is always sleeping in Abuja to a litany of incompetent aides who were only rewarded for foolish political reasons.”

But Comrade Ahmadu, in his reaction to Bashir’s viral tweets, said there is nothing wrong with Governor Sani revealing the amount of debt left behind by his predecessor.

“What is wrong is the inability of the former governor’s son to comprehend the rationale behind the disclosure to the public,” he said.

“His vituperations are unguarded and unacceptable, especially when the man involved has helped the family during hard times of political waves .

“Was is it wrong for Governor Uba Sani to address Kaduna citizens at a town hall meeting where he said he inherited a huge debt burden that was eating deep into the state’s federal allocation?

“For us as citizens of the state, we cannot accept a situation where N7bn out of the N10bn federal allocation for the state in March was deducted to service the state’s debt.

“And for an ill-trained son of a former governor of the state to attack the incumbent governor is unacceptable,” he added. (The Nation)

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