Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani has been accused of abducting Jafaru Sani, a former Commissioner in the state.
Jafaru was at various times Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Education, Science and Technology, and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, while Mallam Nasir El-Rufai was Kaduna State governor.
Governor Sani’s accuser is his predecessor, El-Rufai.
The latter took to his Facebook page on Thursday to level the abduction allegation against his successor.
He wrote: “Our colleague and versatile former commissioner during the El-Rufai Administration – Mallam Jafaru Sani has been abducted in Kaduna by Uba Sani’s kidnapping gang claiming to be the police, this afternoon! Jafaru was remanded in prison custody by a magistrate without any police first information report or charges by the State Ministry of Justice.
“On inquiry, we have learned that Jafaru is being charged with money laundering – a federal offense that neither the State Judiciary or even the Police have jurisdiction to adjudicate or investigate. Jafaru’s real crime is his resignation from the APC, and joining the SDP – and having been proposed by he as the replacement ministerial nominee representing Kaduna State in August 2023.
“The tactics are similar to those used against another colleague of ours – Bashir Saidu when he was abducted on the 31st of December, 2024, and kept in captivity for 50 days before he was released on bail!
“The ignominious role of some henpecked and compromised magistrates and high court judges in the Kaduna State judiciary remains a source of great concern to us. We are watching and waiting as no condition is permanent, and there will be accountability for all decisions and actions, one day, soon.”
