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A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State, Mallam Suleiman Salisu, has expressed “great concern” over the way some politicians who held sensitive offices in the country now criticize the present administration after their woeful performances while in office.

Speaking to Media Talk Africa in Kaduna, the chieftain also expressed dismay at the utterances of the former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for criticizing the government after causing serious division in the state, only to turn around and start condemning the seed of discord he personally laid in the state.

According to him, “Does it mean that Nigerians have forgotten in a hurry what the immediate former governor did while in office for good eight years? Go to the other part of Kaduna metropolis, the southern part of the city dominated by Christians. El-Rufai completely did nothing in the provision of infrastructure, construction of roads, and other social amenities as if they are not part of the metropolis.

“As Nigerians, have we all forgotten during the years of the former governor when kidnapping in all parts of the state became the order of the day? Are you talking of going to Birnin Gwari from Kaduna or are you talking of going to Kafanchan or Abuja? How many Nigerians were killed or kidnapped? Are you talking of many souls that were wasted in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, particularly in Atyap Chiefdom, and the governor did nothing to provide tangible solutions to the people?”

He lamented, “Today the former governor is everywhere speaking as a saint, condemning the present administration, and Nigerians believe that these are the type of politicians that want to come and take over the leadership of the country? What solution does El-Rufai and his people have to offer the country?”

According to him, Nigerians must wake up from their slumber and sincerely look for those that would salvage the country from selfish politicians that are after them and end up causing disaffection in the land.

He added that the challenges facing Nigerians are enough to make them think of reasonable leaders that would lead them from the present quagmire they have all found themselves in.