N90b Assets: El-Rufai To Sue Newspaper

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has directed his legal team to file a suit against The Union newspapers over a report it published on its front page claiming the governor declared an asset of N90 billion and over 40 houses in Abuja and Kaduna.

A statement issued on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Media, Samuel Aruwan, the former FCT Minister disclosed that he is shocked “by the blatant falsehood being practised as journalism by The Union newspapers.”

Aruwan explained in the statement that, “When some of their cohorts made contact with the governor’s media team insisting that they respond to rumour, they were told that it is better if they chose the more legitimate route of agitating for a public asset declaration.”

He described El-Rufai as a “privileged Nigerian”, who qualified as a “chartered Quantity Surveyor early in life and became a dollar millionaire in his twenties. He is a respected leader in in his professional field but as successful as he has been in his career, he certainly has neither N 90 billion nor 40 mansions.”

According to him, the governor “will not be distracted from his total focus on making Kaduna great again. In this endeavour, he will continue to be accessible to practitioners of responsible journalism.”