“Tinubu Is Gone, In 2027, He Has No Pathway To Win. He  Cannot Win” – El-Rufai

By Gideon Njoku

“If anybody had told me in 2023 that Tinubu will perform this woefully, I would have dismissed the person as mentally ill”

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that President Bola Tinubu, would never win the 2027 Presidential Election.

Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time, Monday night, anchored by Charles Aniagolu, El-Rufai said of Tinubu’s chances in 2027: “None. Tinubu is gone. He has performed woefully. He has failed woefully. If anybody had told me in 2023 when we were campaigning for him that Tinubu would perform this woefully, I would have dismissed the person as mentally ill.”

On why he is confident that the President would fail in his reelection bid in 2027, El-Rufai said that President Tinubu’s approval rating, nationwide is abysmal.

For instance, the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State revealed, a scientific opinion poll showed that President Tinubu’s disapproval rate in the North and the South-east stands at 91%. In Lagos, it stands at 78%. And, said El-Rufai, in, other States there is none where his disapproval rate is less than 50%. “The guy is gone. He has performed miserably. They are deceiving themselves when they say the 2027 Election is settled because of the defections. But the election is not settled. Tinubu has no pathway to win. No, he cannot.”

Until a couple of months ago, El-Rufai was a member of the President’s All Progressives Congress. He was one of those who strongly backed President Tinubu’s candidacy in 2023. He seriously campaigned for him. They fell apart after the Senate declined his confirmation as a Minister with no clear reason when he was nominated by President Tinubu. But he says: blame not the Senate, blame Tinubu who asked them to drop him.