A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has said the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, was not known during the June 12 struggle.
Mr Sani stated this while making a clarification on the statement he made during the Democracy Day celebration in the presidential Villa Abuja.
Mr paid a tribute to the incumbent governor of the state, Uba Sani, for his role in the days of activism.
But some people wrongly attributed his accolade to Mr El-Rufai.
The activists, however, said the former governor was not known during the struggle.
The statement reads: “I wish to make this correction erroneously published in some media houses. What I said at the venue of the Democracy Day event was that the man who stood for us during our years in prison in the 90s was the present governor of Kaduna state and not the immediate past one.
“Governor Uba maintained the contact between us and our families and took the baton of the struggle to Northern Nigeria. He kept in touch with the pro democracy and progressive forces until he was later nabbed by the DSS, released, and again arrested and beaten by the Police.
“Falana, Mike Ozekhome, Femi Aborishade, Col Umar, Mrs Obe, Mrs Odumakin, John Danfulani, Kalat Ali ,Nike Kuti and Agbakoba can attest to this. The former Kaduna Governor was unknown during the struggle.
“The history of the June 12 struggle is incomplete without mentioning the role played by Professor Ezekwesili, Prof Jibril Ibrahim, late Arthur Nwakwo, Nkoyo Toyo, President Sowore, Segun Mayegun, James Bawa Magaji, Nasir Kura, Awwal Rafsanjani, Late Ezeife, Yohanna Madaki, Gambo Sawaba, Barister Bamidele Aturu, Solomon Lar, Dan Suleiman, Ndubuisi Kanu and Dr Fredrick Fasheun.”
