It has been revealed that Pesident Muhammadu Buhari directed the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to initiate a recall process of the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District over his “disloyalty”, Shehu Sani.
This was revealed in a confidential letter dated October 2, 2018, signed by el-Rufai and addressed to the President.
The letter detailed several allegations against the senator, including accusing the government of being corrupt when it comes to fighting corruption in the National Assembly and judiciary.
A part of the letter read: “Your Excellency will recall that earlier this year you directed me to initiate a recall process to recall Shehu Sani from the Senate to punish his repeated act of contempt and disloyalty. The party executive in his wards in Kaduna suspended him from the APC in 2015 for negative comments about Your Excellency. It was later it was later extended to indefinite suspension in 2016.
“Following your directive, our team in Kaduna studied what was being done in Kogi State regarding the recall of Dino Melaye and drew up a budget.”
The governor claimed that the members of the party in Kaduna Senatorial District had concluded that they could not re-present the senator as their representative.
