•Nasir El-Rufai
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has hit back at former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, saying his politics is a threat to Nigeria’s progress.
El-Rufai, a former Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had warned that Nigeria’s social capital may be completely destroyed if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu secures victory for a second term of office in 2027, reports Daily Trust.
He issued the warning in Sokoto during a grassroots’ mobilisation campaign organised by the opposition coalition platform, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), at the weekend.
But reacting, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, said since his failed bid for a ministerial appointment, El-Rufai has gone into a political tailspin.
The APC said, “His speedy fall from commanding heights to the political clown he has become needs forensic study. His attack of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as incompetent, clannish and undeserving of a second term, at a meeting in Sokoto on Saturday, August 2, 2025, is yet another outburst of a waspish politician.
“El-Rufai and his partners in ADC are the most confused, clueless, rudderless and pitiful opposition politicians our country has ever known. They bring nothing to the political table except their oversized ego, wild entitlement mentality, obscene desperation and predatory presidential ambitions.”
The APC said El-Rufai and other ADC leaders cannot present policy prescriptions with potential for more effectiveness than those already being implemented by the Tinubu administration.
“If El-Rufai and his cohorts detest the administration’s policy reforms as much as they claim, why have they not presented policy proposals to restore fuel subsidy as it was and return the country to the ruinous era of fixing Naira’s value and operating multiple foreign exchange regimes that fed the greedy and insatiable appetite of the likes of El-Eufai, Atiku, Obi and Rotimi Amaechi for decades?
“And while at it, to tell Nigerians how they would finance the resultant massive deficit that would ground the economy to a devastating crumble.
“The rejection of El-Rufai as a Minister cannot justify his allegation of clannishness against the administration. A senseless claim like that can only come from someone who haughtily equates his selfish interest with the interest of an entire ethnic nationality.
“We are confident that Nigerians will sustain their support for our great Party and renew President Tinubu’s mandate come 2027, to consolidate on what now looks to be the most outstanding first term record of achievement of any President in our nation’s history,” he said.
