Former Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai has said that it is not possible for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be re-elected in 2027.
The Social Democratic Party, SDP chieftain made this known in an interview shared on X, stating that anybody who thinks otherwise does not live in Nigeria.
According to El-Rufai, Nigerians have lost faith in the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the president, and would have no interest in voting for them in the coming general election.
This is despite assurances from the Tinubu administration that Nigerians’ sufferings would soon be over.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, spoke confidently during an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday, providing a summary of what the Tinubu government has done thus far to set the economy on the right path.
El-Rufai said, “Anybody that thinks it is possible for President Bola Tinubu to get re-elected is living in another country, not Nigeria. It is impossible for Bola Tinubu to get re-elected.”
The former governor and political ally of President Bola Tinubu stated that there is no pathway for the former Lagos State governor.
He said that even the weakest opposition would defeat Tinubu because Nigerians are unhappy with APC and the policies of the current administration.
“I don’t see a pathway for him,” he said.
El-Rufai maintained that those defecting to the ruling party do not matter, insisting that the real target of SDP and its emerging coalition are the voters.
“It is greedy and hungry politicians and those that are looking for money, contract, appointment, office that are defecting,” he added.
“The other class of those defecting are those that know that the EFCC or ICPC can intimidate them, because they know what they have done if they have done what is not quite right.
“And this is what I think the SDP and the coalition of political parties or grouping that we are working with is targeting. We believe that the 2027 elections will be between the APC and Nigerians.”
El-Rufai, who supported the election of Bola Tinubu in 2023, is now a member of SDP and is fronting a coalition against the current administration.
El-Rufai, alongside the likes of former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, among others, are leading the coalition to remove President Bola Tinubu through the ballot in 2027.
