Some people enjoy seeing Gov Uba Sani and my Father fight like Amitabh and Dharmendra – Bello El-Rufai

Hon.Muhammad Bello El-Rufa’i, member representing Kaduna North in the House of Representatives and son of former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i, has said that even though his father was his number one role model and Senator Uba Sani his boss, reconciling them was not his responsibility as his primary assignment was to give the people of Kaduna North quality representation.

He however alleged that some people could be delighted, seeing his father and the Governor of Kaduna State enmeshed in a conflict, just like the legendary Bollywood actors, Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra fighting.

Bello spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, monitored by our correspondent in Kaduna on Saturday.

Recall that Hon.Bello was Senator Uba Sani’s aide in the National Assembly before he became a member of the lower House representing Kaduna North.

As the disagreement between Governor Uba Sani and the former governor of the state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai escalated, Bello broke his silence and expressed his opinion on the matter, warning however that if he decided to fight any course in the social media, it would be fierce as he had exemplified previously.

He said that he was not happy with what was happening between former governor Nasir El-Rufa’i and the current governor of the state, Uba Sani, considering the role both played in his life.

Governor Uba Sani had complained that the large amount of debt allegedly left by the Nasir El-Ruda’i administration,was humongous.

“The state government cannot even pay the salaries of workers with the little money we get,” Uba Sani had said.

The Kaduna State House of Assembly, subsequently launched an investigation against the former state government on the allegation of irregularities in borrowing and disbursement of N423 billion,a matter which later went to the court and some former officials of the defunct El-Rufa’i administration, were either quizzed or remanded in Correctional Facility.

One was said to be hospitalized due to shock,after being allegedly nabbed by an anti graft agency, while a female commissioner with similar charges, could not be seen.

El-Rufa’i however, denied all these allegations and filed a lawsuit in court.

Hon Bello El-Rufa’i in the BBC Hausa interview, said: “It is not pleasant for us, even if a person is my enemy, I do not want to see him fighting with another enemy of mine, I want peace.”

Bello also related the situation to how life could change at any time, saying”marriages break up, friends stop being friends, it’s just that friendships shouldn’t be left regardless of any kind of conflict.”

Bello said that he did not know what brought his father and his former boss( Uba Sani) together, adding that he did not expect them to quarrel with each other because he had never heard them coming out and insulting the other in his presence.

According to him, he does not even know if the fight they were allegedly in, was real as people were saying.

“None of them said anything to me about the crisis,”he said.

However, contrary to the manner Bello said that none of them came out and spoke unkindly about the other in his presence, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i recently responded to Uba Sani on social media as some of the words of the governor did were not pleasant to him.

The two people who were close friends in the past, had things abruptly changed since the change of government and the conflict arose and had continued to grow after Uba Sani took over leadership.

Since then, the issue of El-Rufai’s government’s investigation on how his government spent money during its time began to be discussed, which showed signs of conflict between them.

The incident surprised many people as pundits believed that El-Rufa’i played a role in Uba Sani’s victory in the governorship race.

Bello said in his opinion, this was nothing because investigation was not a crime but if it was done with an ulterior motive,Almighty Allah who’s all forgiving, will judge in favour of the victimised.

Asked if he thought he could reconcile his father and Uba Sani,he said: “By AlmightyAllah, it is not my work, my work is to focus on helping the people of Kaduna North Constituency.”

He however indicated that he wanted peace and that he wanted the dou to be in harmony.

“I like peace and keeping trust. If someone touches me, we will have an argument with him, but not outside, but this is who I am.”

Bello said that there’s a possibility of restoring peace between the two, but emphasized the position of both of them and how he prays for peace between them.

“In my opinion, there is no one as good as Malam Nasiru politically, he only puts his work first and there is no one I want to be like him, and he is my father, a father is a father.”

“And about him, Governor Uba Sani, all those who are waiting for me to say something about him, it’s surprising.”

Hon. Bello El-Rufa’i however explained that even though he would live up to the expectation of his people by being generous, he could be overwhelmed as people even from outside his constituency had began to seek favour from him.

” Once people ask me for help, I cannot sleep until I do something about it,that’s how I am,” he said.

Bello also said he was not sure his father was nursing any ambition to be the President of Nigeria, as they never discussed that even while they were in the United States of America.