Senator Suleiman Hukunyi, has opened on his property which Governor Nasir el-Rufai-led Kaduna State Government demolished on Tuesday morning.
While speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, the senator representing Kaduna north, Suleiman Hukunyi, said he has forgiven the governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, for allegedly pulling down his property.
Recall that the Kaduna state government demolished a property which housed a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the early hours of Tuesday, less than two days after the faction led by the lawmaker suspended the governor.
Hukunyi said if the building had violated any code, it ought to have been brought to his attention, adding that he gave the property to the APC as part of his contribution to it.
“As my own brother, I wish to let him know that I have forgiven him as a person,” the senator said.
The lawmaker said pulling down his property would not shut him up as it was not wrong to have a disagreement with the governor.
“Your own party, no matter the dispute, what will the military be doing in a location like that, to me if the intention of pulling down that property is to shut me down, it has given me more reason, strong reason to maintain my posture, my belief, maintain my direction in standing strongly with the electorate and my people in my own state,” he said.
“As I am standing here today, the 20th of February 2018, let that be an incident for the growth of democracy in that state, let it serve rallying point for those who have been shortchanged, pained in any way in my state by the leadership of Nasir El-Rufai. This is not too much for a price to carry for democracy to thrive, a price to pay to express the opinion of my teeming supporters.
“Let me also use the opportunity to remind Nasir el-Rufai there is another property which I housed him, which he slept in some many times in the course of bringing some many people together to elect him as governor on Queen Elizabeth road in Zaria. In case he forgets and in case he still wants to take it, I rest my case.”