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Uba Sani, born 31 December 1970 in Zaria, is a former pro-democracy activist who served as special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo and as Senator for Kaduna Central from 2019 to 2023, where he chaired the Senate Committee on Banking. Elected Governor of Kaduna State on the APC platform, he assumed office on 29 May 2023. His administration has been defined by a public fallout with his predecessor Nasir El-Rufai over inherited debt and a state assembly probe.
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Disclosed at a town hall that he inherited a debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion and 115 contractual liabilities from the El-Rufai administration, saying it had eaten deep into the state's federal allocation.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly probed El-Rufai's government and indicted the former governor of squandering N432 billion; El-Rufai sued the Assembly, calling the report false and scandalous.
El-Rufai has remained in detention since February 2026 amid anti-graft investigations into alleged financial misconduct involving about N432 billion, following a petition by the Kaduna Assembly; the allegations remain unproven in court.
El-Rufai publicly needled Sani by sharing a sarcastic social media post mocking his governance, in their first open exchange since the rift over the N432 billion probe began.
Dossier last reviewed 10 Oct 2026
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