- Reacting to the speculation, he denied that he is preparing to leave the APC, saying he is only voicing his displeasure at how the party is doing things.
Former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has cleared the air regarding his rumoured impending departure from the party.
El-Rufai had on Monday excoriated the APC over it handling of Nigeria’s affairs, saying he no longer recognised the party as it had deviated from his founding principles and ideals.
He also said Nigeria’s democracy is under threat under the ruling party.
His scathing remarks about the APC have elicited speculation that he may resigned his membership of the party soon.
Reacting to the speculation, he denied that he is preparing to leave the APC, saying he is only voicing his displeasure at how the party is doing things.
El-Rufai stated this while speaking to reporters at the venue of the just-concluded National Conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
“I am not leaving the APC. I don’t have such plans,” El-Rufai insisted.
When asked why he was hard on the ruling party, he replied: “No, no, no, I want them to change.”
Reacting to El-Rufai’s comments, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communications and Media, Daniel Bwala, queried the former governor’s stance.
Bwala wondered if the former governor would have held the same position had he remained in government or the cabinet.
“My senior brother, if you were to be in the government and cabinet, would you have held and expressed the same position? History is replete with examples.
“It is a government you participated in its formation, that you now want to unseat. Haba, Mallam,” Bwala wrote.
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