Shehu Sani, a senator representing Kaduna central, says he cannot be suspended by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Kaduna state chapter of the APC had suspended the legislator, who has been feuding with Nasir el-Rufai, the state governor, indefinitely over alleged anti-party activity.
Speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja on Friday, Sani described his suspension as a ruse, stating that he remains a member of the party.
“I cannot be suspended. I am unsuspendable (sic), if there is any word like that. I remain a member of my party, If you simply feel uncomfortable with my words all you can do is to simply put some cotton on your ears so that it can block it,” he said.
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“And if you are not comfortable with seeing me physically, you simply need to use sunglasses but in every sense you can’t hide behind attempts to silence Shehu Sani. In fact, I have been so suspended up to about 20 times that my car doesn’t need any suspenders right now, each time they call it’s about to suspend.”
Speaking of his strained relationship with el-Rufai, he said: “Well it’s a normal thing. You can be Siamese twins and then you may engage in combat, you can also be twins and then engage yourselves in disagreement and you can also be from the same house or family or same room but still disagree with each other.”
“I think it’s a normal thing in a democracy to disagree.”
When asked if his rift with the governor had to do with 2019 election, the senator, who accompanied Bukola Saraki, senate president, to the villa for Jumat prayers, said it was foolish to talk about a future election at this point in time.
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“Well, it is foolish for anybody to start talking about 2019 when we are just less than two years into this tenure. What is most important to each and every one of us is to deliver on the mandate for which we have been elected whether you are a governor, senator, a member of house of representative, in whatever capacity,” he said.
“But in the course of it, it is also normal that missiles will strike from here and there, it is normal in a democracy.”
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