Sani was the one nominated by El-Rufai to President Bola Tinubu to replace him as Minister in 2023 after the Senate withheld his confirmation and those of two others, citing security reports from the State Security Service for the action.
Jafaru Ibrahim Sani, a commissioner who served under the administration of former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has been arrested by security operatives.
While details about his arrest are still sketchy, Sani, who served at various times as Commissioner for Local Government; Education and Environment was said to have been picked up by policemen acting on the orders of the state government.
“Kaduna State government has arrested Malam Ja’afar Ibrahim Sani. The former commissioner that recently defected to SDP,” a source close to him told SaharaReporters.
Sani was the one nominated by El-Rufai to President Bola Tinubu to replace him as Minister in 2023 after the Senate withheld his confirmation and those of two others, citing security reports from the State Security Service for the action.
However, Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna kicked against his nomination as suggested by his immediate predecessor.
Sani recently announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress in a letter to his ward chairman.
In the letter dated March 10, 2025, he expressed his disappointment with the party, accusing the leadership of the party of straying from the progressive ideals of its founding members.
Calls put across to Kaduna police command’s spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, were not picked nor returned.