Sani said the claim that he co-sponsored the bill in the Senate to rename Kaduna as Zazzau with Senator Sulaiman Abdu Kwari, was false.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Senator Uba Sani (Kaduna Central, APC) has denied co-sponsoring a bill to rename Kaduna State to Zazzau State.
In a statement in Abuja on Monday, the Kaduna senator expressed dismay at what he described as a concocted, subversive, malicious and false information circulating on social media claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari had signed a bill for the creation of Zazzau State.
He said the claim that he co-sponsored the bill in the Senate to rename Kaduna as Zazzau with Senator Sulaiman Abdu Kwari, was false and had no iota of truth.
“My immediate reaction to this outrageous and patently false piece of information is to wonder how mischievous elements can allow their imaginations to run riot, all in a bid to undermine their political opponent.
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“How can people go to the extent of planning to destabilise their own state and worsen the insecurity situation because.
“Senator Uba Sani has gained the full support of the people and is the man to beat in the 2023 governorship elections in Kaduna State,” he said.
Sani, who is the APC governorship candidate for 2023 election in Kaduna, said the Senate is on break, adding that no bill to rename Kaduna as Zazzau was before the Senate.
He said requests for creation of states are normally tabled before the Committee for Constitutional Review.
According to him, the false report is the handiwork of agents of destabilisation and must be investigated by security agencies.
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