Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has slammed a whopping N2 billion suit on Senator Shehu Sani at the Kaduna State High Court as relief for alleged injuries he suffered as a result of Sani’s ‘malicious statements’.

Senator Shehu Sani and Governor Nasir el-Rufai

However, reacting to the defamation suit filed against him by the governor, Sani in a statement issued by his special adviser on political matters, Suleiman Ahmed, said that: “The senator wishes to assure all his supporters and well-wishers that nothing and absolutely nothing can stop him from expressing his opinion on either Kaduna state or national issues.”

“The senator is a dogged fighter who has been through many courts and even prisons in his life of struggle and can never be stopped or intimidated to silence by any means. Those who are allergic to heat should not be in the kitchen. The senator will never falter or waiver in speaking truth to power whether at local or national level.”

“He will continue to “beam the light in the dark and grey areas” of Nigeria’s democracy and those “irritated by the truth simply need to get a cotton bud. Those who voluntarily offer themselves for public service have also chosen to offer themselves for public scrutiny.”

“In the last two years, he overcame “sponsored violence and campaign of calumny” by el-Rufai, and as such, will “overcome” the suit. The nation’s politics is “driven by our loyalty to our principles, our faith, our conviction and our conscience and not subservient to any tin God or demi-god. We don’t worship broom, we don’t bow down to broom.”

It would be recalled that Governor Nasir el-Rufai and Senator Shehu Sani have been having a running battle since 2015.