Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says the north
must forge an alliance with the south-south to “save” Nigeria.
Speaking on Friday during a condolence visit to the family
of Edwin Clark, the late elder statesman and Niger Delta advocate, who died on
February 17, el-Rufai said the north and south-south had a strong historical
political partnership.
“In the 60s, 70s and 80s, the traditional political partners
of the north was the south-south. Let us not forget that. Let us go back to
that. Let us save this country because it really requires saving. We need a
rescue operation,” el-Rufai said.
Ahead of the 2027 general election, there have been talks of
coalitions and alliances with politicians across opposition parties holding
“strategic meetings”.
El-Rufai, who was led to the condolence visit by Atiku Abubakar,
said the former vice-president deserves credit for spearheading economic
reforms during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
Abubakar was vice-president to former president Olusegun
Obasanjo government from 1999 to 2007.
The former governor has been meeting members of opposition
parties in recent weeks.
In January, el-Rufai met with Hamza Al-Mustapha, ex-aide to
late Sani Abacha; Shehu Gabam, national chairman of the Social Democratic Party
(PDP); and other politicians in the nation’s capital.
Segun Showunmi, a former spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar
campaign organisation, said the meeting was to strategise ahead of the 2027
elections.
There have been speculations that el-Rufai has been working
to pitch his political tent elsewhere.
Last month, el-Rufai said the distance between him and the All Progressives Congress (APC) is “widening”.
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The same way you don't want south south son 2014-2015
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