Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Former Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai has said he is no longer a friend of his successor, Uba Sani.

Mr El-Rufai stated this in an interview with Arise TV on Monday. It was his first media interview since he left office in 2023.

Governor Sani was Mr El-Rufai's political adviser when the latter served his first term as governor between 2015 and 2019.

Mr El-Rufai then supported Mr Sani to replace Shehu Sani as the senator for the Kaduna Central district in 2019, before also supporting Mr Uba Sani in succeeding him in 2023.

In his Monday interview, Mr El-Rufai said the Kaduna governor was being used to fight him by Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser.

"Uba Sani has been my friend for many many years, b...