2027 Elections: “You’ll Be Out of Power One Day,” El-Rufai Challenges Tinubu
- The former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has issued a fresh warning to President Bola Tinubu's government
- He urged Tinubu's administration to understand that power is transient and they will not hold onto the power forever
- El-Rufai recently joined the Atiku Abubakar-led ADC coalition aimed at unseating Tinubu in the 2027 elections and vowed that he would ensure Tinubu's removal before he retired from politics
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The immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged those in President Bola Tinubu’s administration to be conscious of the future, noting that they will one day be out of power.
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El-Rufai stated this on Thursday, July 10, at a book launch, “OPL245: The Inside Story of the $1.3b Nigerian Oil Bloc”, by a former Attorney General of the Federation AGF and Minister of Justice in the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN.
As reported by Vanguard, El-Rufai said books like this are necessary not only to set the records straight and put things in perspective but also to encourage a culture of memoir writing in public service.
“We don’t try it enough in this country,” he said.
“I appeal to those in power today to remember that their turn will come. Our turn always comes,” he added.
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Speaking further, El-Rufai said Adoke was one of those who stood behind President Jonathan and persuaded him to concede to President Buhari after the 2015 general election, wondering how it was that he had to face such from the last administration. He said he would read the book to gain more insights.
“We should actually thank him as the APC government of 2015, not persecute him. I had several discussions with President Buhari, as you know, I was very close to him, and I didn’t see that he had any extra interest in the matter apart from the rule of law,” he said.
2027: El-Rufai joins Atiku, others to unseat Tinubu
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Atiku Abubakar-led coalition announced the adoption of the ADC as its political platform ahead of the 2027 general election.
The party has attracted prominent opposition figures, including El-Rufai, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, ex-Senate President David Mark, and former Osun governor, Rauf Aregbesola.
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El-Rufai pictured with Tinubu's spokesperson
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Nasir El-Rufai and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, sat next to each other at the book launch of Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Wednesday, July 9.
Political heavyweights converged at the Shehu Musa Yaradua Centre for the public presentation of a new book authored by Shehu, former senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Onanuga, the incumbent special adviser to President Tinubu on information and strategy, often criticises Mallam El-Rufai and other top critics of the Tinubu administration.
Source: Legit.ng
