Nigeria, May 11 -- Officials who served under former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, have said allegations of grabbing school lands against them are entirely false and distorted.

The ex-officials made their stance known in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES.

As the rift between Mr El-Rufai and his successor, Uba Sani, rages, the ex-officials declared their support for Mr El-Rufai and praised his stewardship in office.

Last month, some newspapers reported that the current administration was rectifying the wrongful conversion of school lands into residential plots by the El-Rufai administration.

Although the official statement on the subject, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, did not place blame on the El-Ruf...