I consulted Buhari before leaving all progressives congress, says El-Rufai

The Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that he consulted former President Muhammadu Buhari before he left the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as several other personalities before making the decision.

Penpushing reports that El-Rufai made this known in an interview, explaining that Buhari in response said he knew his (El-Rufai) worries and prayed for him thereafter, and he later left All Progressives Congress (APC) ON March 10,2025

“I consulted Buhari on Friday; I told him my reasons for leaving the APC and the responses of other people I consulted. (Mr) Buhari responded that he is now a statesman, but he knows my worries and prayed for me’, El-Rufai said.

Penpushing further reports that in the interview he said he didn’t regret supporting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election but was disappointed by the president, and equally refuted a narrative that he left the ruling party because of his botched ministerial nomination.

“People said I left the APC because I wasn’t given a minister, but I never opted to be a minister in Tinubu’s cabinet. I knew people who paid money to get a ministerial appointment’, El-Rufai stated.

‘The President begged me publicly to join his cabinet and threw up to me a challenge to fix the power sector, and I accepted the challenge because the president said he wanted to break the jinx and fix the power sector; I thought he was truthful, but I learned that he deceived himself”, he added,

Penpushing also reports that the former governor it is recalled campaigned for President Bola Tinubu’s election and was thereafter nominated for a ministerial position, but the Senate withheld his confirmation, citing a report from the State Security Service (SSS).

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