El-Rufai disowns top aide on second term comment, threatens sack of appointees

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has released a terse statement disowning a statement by his chief of staff who suggested that he (the governor) would not run for a second term.

In the statement, the governor said he did not need a surrogate to communicate his political intentions to the people of his state.


He also threatened to fire any of his appointee caught politicking instead of concentrating on their immediate task of serving Kaduna people.

Mr. El-Rufai also directed the signage agency in his state to pull down all billboards bearing campaign messages, in violation of election laws and guidelines.