Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has expressed full optimism that President Bola Tinubu will not secure a second term.
El-Rufai was a guest on Arise TV, where regretted his role in bringing President Tinubu to power.
“I just feel like I contributed to this country’s problems by bringing Tinubu into power. I should do the last lap by removing Tinubu.
“Nigerians are tired of the APC. 91 per cent of citizens disapprove of it. They want alternatives. They want people who can put aside their differences.”
El-Rufai, one of the promoters of the emerging coalition under the yet-to-be registered All Democratic Alliance (ADA), went ahead to declare that members of the coalition were focused on removing Tinubu, stressing that they had no selfish ambition.
He said, “Parties are not involved in this movement. Everybody has their group—there’s a group drawn from Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi has his group, and former Buhari ministers have their groups. I am not representing SDP, that’s how this coalition is formed.
He spoke further: "Well, I'm sure they would [talk about aspiration later] I mean, we are politicians, we are students of power.
“So yes, they will do that, but nobody is talking about, 'I want to be the president or, you know, leave this for me' and so on.
"Everybody is saying, 'we have a problem. This country is targeted for destruction by a collection of urban bandits. Let's come together, send them back home and put this country back on track.'
"It is about fixing the country. Nobody is talking about his ambition, and that has been very good so far. And I'm encouraged."
NATIONAL POST reports that ever since he was denied ministerial appointment by the Tinubu administration, El-Rufai has spared nothing in criticising the government.
He is believed to have played a key role in Tinubu’s emergency, however he was rejected as a ministerial nominee by the Senate.
He has since teamed up with former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, among others in coalition to stop Tinubu in 2027.