The Presidency has denied President Muhammadu Buhari ever instructing Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to recall Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central, Kaduna State.
El-Rufai had claimed that the president had directed him to sanction El-Rufai for alleged insolence and disloyalty.
“Your excellency will recall that earlier this year, you directed me to initiate processes to recall Shehu Sani from the Senate to punish his repeated acts of contempt and disloyalty,” El-Rufai said in a letter said to have been written to the president.
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He said following the directive, it became impossible for Shehu Sani to be given the ticket of the party for the senatorial district.
But in a statement signed by the spokesman of the president, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said Buhari did not receive any such letter and did not instruct El-Rufai to sanction any member of the party.
The statement reads:
PRESIDENCY NOT IN RECEIPT OF GOV. EL-RUFAI’S PURPORTED LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUHARI
The presidency wishes to distance President Muhammadu Buhari from a letter currently in circulation, which alleges that the President had authorized a Governor or anyone else for that matter to “deal with traitors and disloyal members of APC, especially Senator Shehu Sani.”
We wish to confirm that the President is not aware of any such letter, let alone authorising anyone to deal with any party member.
Given President Buhari’s record, it is inconceivable that he would usurp the role of the party leaders and instruct anyone to punish a party member.
In the light of above, we would like to appeal to the general public, especially members of the press, to ignore false or unauthorized information intended to attribute to the President any action which is not in line with his character.
