L-R Senator Uba Sani decorating his former political aide, Sani Kila with his new rank alongside Kaduna Zonal Comptroller
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A personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and an ex-political adviser to the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been alleged to be working in cahoots with other security agents to rig the governorship election in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in 2023 general election.
The group operating under the aegis of Kaduna Coalition for Credible and Peaceful election in a distress call letter to the Comptroller General of Immigration, Idris Jere, which was signed by it National Coordinator, a copy of which was made available to CAPITAL POST on Friday, revealed that an NIS personnel, Mr Sani Kila has once worked as Senator Uba Sani’s political aide.
Uba Sani is a Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district and the APC governorship standard flagbearer in the 2023 general election.
The Coalition viewed the recent appointment of Sani Kila as Immigration Controller with heading operations as his new responsibility as dangerous, stating that the personnel was politically bias.
The personnel as at the time of press serves as Immigration Controller, Kaduna State with a new role as head of operation Yaki.
The group insisted that “there was a plot for the politician to use the Nigerian Immigration Service to rig the Kaduna governorship election in favour of Uba Sani”, through a collaboration with other security agents, hence they were drawing the attention of the Comptroller General to transfer the said personnel out of Kaduna State.
Part of the letter read:
“We write to draw the attention of the Comptroller General Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr Jere and the general public.
“It’s to the knowledge of everyone in Kaduna State that Mr Sani Kila, the recently appointed boss of the Kaduna Command of the NIS has for many years serve as Uba SANI’s political aide with or without the knowledge of the Nigerian Immigration Service.
“The said Sani Kila has been responsible for dispensing cash, mobilising and recruiting political thugs for Senator Uba Sani right when he served as the political adviser of Governor Nasiru El-Rufai.
“Any politician in Kaduna especially those in the APC are well aware of this history.
“It’s curious to find out that the said Sani Kila recently got double promotion from the NIS and was posted to head the Kaduna Command.
“We have also been informed that Sani Kila is positioned to head the Operation Yaki in Kaduna State that will oversee security matters in the forthcoming general election.
“Mr Sani Kila is primarily posted to Kaduna to help in mobilising and coordinating other security outfits in order to help Uba Sani forcefully win the governorship election.
“Sani Kila the Controller of Kaduna Immigration is deployed for the purposes of using force to intimidate voters and rig the elections in favour of Uba Sani.
“Mr Sani Kila is not politically neutral and must be removed from the office and transferred to other state, if there is going to be fairness.
“This is a message that must be taken seriously before the harm is done.
“We appeal for fairness.”
Reacting to the allegation, the Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service Public Relations Officer, Amos Okpu told CAPITAL POST that it was impossible for an NIS official to rig election, stating that NIS was always playing a complementary role
“He said: “Nigeria Immigration does not have the statutory role to monitor election; it’s the Police that monitors election and that of the NIS is to complement.”
He insisted that no personnel of NIS in Kaduna or anywhere else got involve in election rigging.
Meanwhile, CAPITAL POST reports that Senator Uba Sani who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Insurance, Banking and other Financial Institutions was seen in a picture, decorating Mr Sani Kila alongside the Kaduna Zonal NIS Comptroller on his new rank.
