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Igbokwe To APC, Tinubu: You Must Beg El Rufai Not To Leave Party

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A staunch supporter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Lagos state, Joe Igbokwe says the party should ensure that a former Governor of Kaduna state Nasir El Rufai is placated.

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The APC, Igbokwe said, still needs the former minister and  cannot afford to lose to another party.

Igbokwe, a former Lagos APC Publicity Secretary made the remark on his X handle on Tuesday amidst suggestions that El Rufai is planning to leave APC for another party.

His remark also comes after the former governor said he no longer ‘recognise’ the ruling APC. El rufai made the comment in Abuja on Tuesday  during a political event attended by major opposition leaders in the country.

He urged opposition parties to unite to oust the ruling party, which he accused of lacking in internal democracy, describing officials in government to be mostly ‘half illiterate.’

The former governor’s remark has however drew strong criticism from APC and government officials who described him as a bad loser who’s trying to bring down the Tinubu administration.

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Reacting, Igbokwe said El Rufai has a reason to be angry with the party after losing out to become a minister in the administration, he accused some elements in Tinubu’s administration of frustrating his nomination as minister, describing the act as betrayer after the former governor worked for president Tinubu to win the 2023 presidential election.

Essentially, Igbokwe a strong supporter of Tinubu said it will be inimical to the APC if El rufai is snatched by another party.

According to him, the party must ensured that he’s persuaded to remain in APC, saying no “Ministers in the Federal Cabinet that is greater, smarter, bolder, more clever, proficient and deeper than Mallam El Rufai.”

“All things considered APC Nigeria needs the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. He worked so hard for APC during the 2023 Presidential and Governorship Elections,” Igbokwe said on X.

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Adding that “I am a witness to how Gov El- Rufai, former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and one other governor went to stop the criminal Emefiele’s dubious money policy that was targeted at PBAT which nearly truncated PBAT victory. I also remember the excruciating efforts he put down to retain kaduna for APC.

“HE El-Rufai was nominated as a Minister and we allowed shenanigans and people without honour to come to hallowed chambers of the Senate to stop his nomination for reasons we do not know. If reality is to prevail he was supposed to take a bow, just walk away.

“APC allowed the interlopers to walk away with their sadistic tendencies. Now let me ask this question: Of what meat are they fed? Who among all the Ministers in the Federal Cabinet that is greater, smarter, bolder, more clever, proficient and deeper than Mallam El Rufai?

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“Neglecting and ignoring our own scholar in the finest and best tradition is incomprehensible and totally unacceptable. May we never forget this stormy petrel with loads of capacity and capability. Malam El Rufai na man oooooo.

“For whatever reasons APC NIGERIA must not ignore this great man. We cannot afford to lose him to the rival party. He is one of the strong characters we cannot afford to lose at a time like this. Case rested.”

The magazine reported that the former governor got angry with the party after he lost his ministerial appointment after the Nigerian Senate refused to clear him. Sources close to him informed the magazine that El Rufai blames the president for not pushing his case with the Senate.


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