As Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai concludes his second tenure of office, he boasted that he has never stolen money belonging to the public since he took over in 2015, stating that he was ready to swear to prove his innocence.
While speaking in Hausa on a local television and radio station, he said he couldn’t have stolen public fund because of the day of reckoning.
The governor challenged his predecessors in office to come out and swear if they didn’t steal Kaduna people’s money when they governed the State, adding that if they dared, he will expose them for pilfering the state treasury.
He said loans secured by his administration were used for the specified projects.
“The people can see that we executed those projects with the loans we secured. We did not syphon the money to Dubai and buy houses, or go to Jabi road and build a mansion.
“We are not like such people. I became the governor of Kaduna State with only one house located at Danja Street in Unguwan Sarki Kaduna. I’ve completed my tenure, Alhamdulillah…that is my only house. I don’t have any other house. I didn’t build a mansion. I don’t even need it.
“I did not steal anybody’s money and I am challenging those who governed Kaduna to come out and swear that they’ve never stolen money, they should swear that they’ve not taken a kobo from Kaduna State.
“Wallahi, l am ready to swear. I am challenging them (former governors) to come out, face the people of Kaduna State and swear that they’ve never stolen the people’s money.”
