The lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that sometimes he is tempted to gloat over the rift between President Bola Tinubu and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
According to Ndume, who was the Director-General of the
Rotimi Amaechi Presidential campaign, El-Rufai was in Amaechi camp but suddenly
shifted his support to Tinubu prior to the primary election.
Ndume stated this during an interview on Arise News on
Tuesday, adding that this might be part of El-Rufai’s frustration with Tinubu.
Recall that during Amaechi’s consultation visit
to Kaduna State, El-Rufai publicly declared to work with the former Rivers
governor but later changed his mind after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu made a similar
visit.
He said, “El-Rufai was supposed to be on our side but
somehow, he moved over. And I think these are part of the things that are
annoying or frustrating him.
“He was on our side. Amaechi’s side. Before Tinubu was
nominated, he made up his mind to support Tinubu, and Tinubu, as he rightly
said, said that he should not leave and that he should come on board, join the
government.
“So since then, I’ve not been that [close to El-Rufai]
because he abandoned our group. He was on our side but went to support Tinubu
fully. You know, he really mobilized. He did a lot of things. Tinubu asked him
to join the government but somehow, up till now, I don’t understand what
happened [El-Rufai and Tinubu] but that is not my business.
“But sometimes, I’ll say, ‘okay o, you did that to us, it’s
payback to yourself’. But, I cannot understand, I was the Chief Whip. El-Rufai
came to the chamber [for ministerial screening] and we almost like told him to
take a bow and go…”
Recall that after his victory, Tinubu nominated El-Rufai for
a ministerial appointment but the former Kaduna State governor was rejected.
He is now a leading member of the anti-Tinubu coalition
after he dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Social Democratic
Party, SDP.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com