El-Rufai Denies Renaming Kaduna, Zazzau State

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday denied the viral report that he was set to rename the state to reflect the identity of the dominant emirate in the state, Zazzau.

El-Rufai while reacting to the report described it as fake news.

The special adviser to the Governor on media and communication, Muyiwa Adekeye in a post on his Twitter, urged members of the public to ignore the report.

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Adekeye wrote: “Kaduna State has not been renamed. Ignore the elaborate piece of fiction that made the claim. It is fake news.”

GWG recalls that there had been reports that the lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Uba Sani sponsored the bill to rename Kaduna State.

Senator Sani, has, however, denied sponsoring such a bill.

According to Sani, the Senate is currently on break, adding that there is no such bill before the apex chamber.

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Sani in a statement released on Monday wrote, “My attention has been drawn to a concocted, subversive, malicious and false information circulating in the social media claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a bill for the creation of Zazzau State, which I allegedly co-sponsored in the Senate with Senator Sulaiman Abdu Kwari.

“My immediate reaction to this outrageous and patently false piece of information is to wonder how mischievous elements can allow their imaginations to run riot, all in a bid to undermine their political opponent.

I wondered how can people go to the extent of planning to destabilize their state and worsen the insecurity situation because Senator Uba Sani has gained the full support of the people and is the man to beat in the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State.

“The story is therefore the handiwork of agents of destabilization and must be investigated by security agencies. Those behind this subversive act must be brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others,” he said in collaborating Governor El-Rufai that there was no plan to rename the state as Zazzau State.

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