El-Rufai Ignores Shehu Sani’s ‘Loyalty’ To APC, Says Senator Remains Suspended

Despite his decision to remain in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC following earlier claims of defection, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has told Senator Shehu Sani that he remains suspended from the party.

El-Rufai stated that Shehu Sani must apologize to people of the state for “sabotage”.

Recall that the senator who represents Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, had said he had no plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but was staying in the APC.

He made the statement while speaking with journalists at the APC National Secretariat after a meeting with the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.

“We revolted against the Party because it is suffocating us. Now we have a new surgeon who is doing everything possible to put it back on track.

“That is why we give him the benefit of doubt that the problem can be solved”, the lawmaker had said.

But El-Rufai, speaking during a live radio programme in Kaduna Thursday night, likened Sani’s offences to “political apostasy”.

He lamented how the Senator opposed his $350m (World Bank) loan request at the Senate, stating that the senator should return to the ward level.

He said, “He has to repent; he has to tell Kaduna people why he sabotaged them.

“He has to also go back to the ward level, because as far as we are concerned he remains suspended from the party.”