Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of collecting kickbacks from contractors befo...
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani, of collecting kickbacks from contractors before awarding contracts.
El-Rufai alleged that Sani demands 40 percent of contract sums as kickbacks from contractors, a practice he claimed never occurred during his administration.
Speaking in an interview with Freedom Radio Kaduna on Monday, El-Rufai insisted that he never solicited or received bribes from contractors during his tenure.
“I have never stolen a kobo from anyone. If any contractor has given me a bribe, let him come forward,” El-Rufai stated.
“When the ICPC [Independent Corrupt Practices Commission] invited many contractors, they testified that they had never met me. Contracts worth billions were executed without my direct involvement—I worked only through commissioners and permanent secretaries.
“Uba goes to Abuja with contract documents, offering them to contractors in exchange for a 40 percent kickback. We know what is happening.
“They assumed that was how we ran the government, but they are wrong,” he added.
El-Rufai, who recently left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), maintained that his administration upheld transparency in contract processes.
As of the time of filing this report, Governor Sani has not responded to the allegations.
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