Politics
2027: El-Rufai meets Kwankwaso days after visiting Buhari
A former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on
Thursday hosted the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party,
NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
El-Rufai hosted Kwankwaso at his Abuja residence, a few days
after visiting former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.
There have been insinuations that the former governor is
aligning with opposition parties ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Recall that in March, El-Rufai visited the national chairman
of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Abuja.
The former governor was on his way to securing a ministerial
The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain had criticized
On April 15, El-Rufai claimed that the Bola Tinubu-led
According to him, “the federal government is now subsidizing
Reacting to E-Rufai’s visit to Buhari, a former Senator who
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appointment as nominated by President Bola Tinubu but he was dropped in the
dying minutes during screening.
the current administration.
federal government was spending more money on petrol subsidy than the previous
governments.
fuel; many people don’t know this”.
represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, claimed it
was part of plots by some prominent northern politicians to unseat President
Tinubu in the next election.
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