•Tinubu and El-Rufai
A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the crises rocking the opposition parties in the country are the design of the Tinubu-led government of the day.
According to a video sighted by our correspondent, El-Rufai made the claim while addressing some members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), reports The Guardian.
The former governor also revealed that there are people who have been contracted to cause problems in the opposition parties.
He said, “The crisis in the Labour Party is caused by the government of the day. Everyone knows it. Jumping from one court to another is all designed to distract the party leadership from focusing on their own functions. The same thing is happening in the PDP, even the NNPP has been targeted for destruction. There are people that have been resourced to go and cause problems in NNPP.
“The last thing I read about the NNPP is that one faction of the party has expelled Kwankwaso and the sitting governor. When you see things like that, you know it is a contrived crisis. “Which party sacks the sitting governor and the only governor they have? You know, it is contrived. I don’t have the details. I cannot mention this because I don’t have the details.”
El-Rufai joined the SDP yesterday after dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement, he revealed that he made the decision because developments in the last two years confirm that there is no desire on the part of those who currently control and run the APC to acknowledge, much less address, the unhealthy situation of the party.
“At this point in my political journey, I have come to the conclusion that I must seek another political platform for the pursuit of the progressive values I cherish,” he said.
