Senator Suleiman Hukunyi has vowed that the destruction of his building that served as a secretariat for a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State by the Nasir El-Rufai government would not make him to shut up.
Hunkuyi made the vow on Tuesday shortly after the destruction of the building which he said he donated as part of his contribution to the progress of the APC in the state.
Although many believe that the destruction was politically motivated because the faction was against the governor, the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS) explained that it was destroyed to “restore order” across the state in line with the agency’s mandate.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Hukunyi who is representing Kaduna North in the Senate said if the intention was to make him keep quiet over the excesses of El-Rufai’s government in the state, then, those behind the demolition got it wrong.
He said although he had forgiven El-Rufai over the destruction, he would still bare his mind on the wrongdoings of the government.
His words: “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.
“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 as a 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 a price to pay 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.”
