Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, says he and other politicians supported President Bola Tinubu for the 2023 elections despite knowing about issues around his academic records at the Chicago University in the US.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa, el-Rufai said they
supported Tinubu because of his performance as the governor of Lagos and the
belief that he could replicate the same as a president.
“What pains me is that the government we supported, and have
confidence will do well. We know what Tinubu did in Lagos, we are all aware
about his Chicago, but we said if he can do the same as he did that will make
Lagos great, we will support him,” he said.
On March 10, El-Rufai left the All Progressives Congress
(APC) for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) over what he described as a
divergence in values with the ruling party.
He recently appealed to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
and Peter Obi, ex-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to join the
SDP.
El-Rufai also addressed speculations about his presidential
ambition in the 2027 election, saying the decision lies not with him but with
his party and the people.
“It is not for me to decide, it is the party and the people
that will decide,” he said.
“Even when I was contesting for governor, it was people that
met and convinced (Muhammadu) Buhari, and he called me and asked me to
contest.”
El-Rufai has been critical of Tinubu’s administration since
the senate declined to confirm him as minister.
In February, el-Rufai said Nigerians should not believe the
narrative that the national assembly rejected him as a ministerial nominee,
noting that Tinubu did not want him in his cabinet
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