Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has denied the existence of any rift between him and his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai.
The governor insisted that the relationship between him and El-Rufai is very cordial.
He stated this while fielding questions on a TVC news programme on Monday.
“I can tell you there’s no problem between me and my predecessor. Our relationship is very cordial, and there’s nothing wrong with our relationship. What is more important here is moving our state forward.
“I don’t know why you’re also talking about the State Assembly. The State Assembly is also an independent arm of the government. So there’s nothing. Kaduna State is more important than me and my predecessor,” the governor said.
Media Talk Africa reported that, earlier in June last year, the State Assembly had submitted a report indicting the ex-governor and some of his appointees for siphoning N423 billion in state funds.
But El-Rufai, in a swift reaction through his media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, dismissed the report, describing it as false and scandalous.
The probe by the assembly came weeks after Governor Sani lamented that El-Rufai left him with a huge debt profile.
