The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai, has said President Bola Tinubu gave a conditional cash transfer of N150 billion to his successor, Governor Uba Sani.

El-rufai made the allegation after Sani appeared on TVC to rubbish a coalition of opposition leaders whom the former governor has been romancing.

According to Sani, the coalition members were in government two years ago and have nothing to show for it.

“Most of these politicians that came out and say they are coming as coalition, they are politicians that were in government only less than two years ago. What did they do when they were in government? They were only fighting for power, not because they could do anything better.

“No president in the history of Nigeria has really practised democracy like President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.

Sani further stated, "Any politician who feels he is popular or he can defeat Tinubu or the APC I think they need to go and work very hard and present themselves in 2027."

Not pleased by the comment, El-rufai accused Sani of sycophancy fueled by a conditional cash transfer from Tinubu.

He shared on X, "Every day I see my successor embarrassingly and sycophantically rambling, I used to wonder why? However, confirming that Federal Government ‘reimbursements, interventions and grants’ in excess of N150bn have been given selectively to Kaduna by Tinubu, in the last 18 months, now explains everything.

"By all means, defend Asiwaju for the conditional cash transfer. Asiwaju has earned it, coming from you. The people of Kaduna State will judge at the right time and place. Have a nice day."

Meanwhile, during the interview on TVC, Sani dismissed claims of a rift between him and his predecessor.

“There is no problem between myself and my predecessor (Elrufai); our relationship is very cordial, and there is nothing wrong with our relationship,” he said.