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Mr El-Rufai also says he is convinced President Muhammadu Buhari would never work against the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, in an exclusive interview with TIMES, said some non-state actors have their eyes on an interim government as an outcome of the ongoing presidential election process.

The governor spoke about the people and forces he characterised as elements whose patterns and conducts are consistent with plans to subvert or topple a civilian-to-civilian transition after the next presidential election.

“It turned out that some of the wildest stories of conspiracy to derail the transition at best for APC to lose, preferably for the whole system to result in no election leading to an interim arrangement began to rear their heads,” Mr El-Rufai told TIMES.

He came short of naming these “elements” who he insists are not worth the conventional Nigerian appellation of a political cabal.

The notion of a powerful cabal, according to Mr El-Rufai, its a level of sophistication and discipline, which the group around President Muhammadu Buhari lacks.

“I have no problem naming them. I’m not afraid of anybody. But for me, naming them is giving them traction. They are nothing. They are not capable of winning elections. They have no idea of electoral or political legitimacy. They can only hide behind the likes of President Buhari to achieve their objectives,” he noted.

The Kaduna State governor also took time to address contentious issues around President Buhari and the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

When asked about the mixed signal perceived from the president’s lukewarm attitude to Mr Tinubu’s campaigns, he insisted there are no mixed signals.

“President Buhari considers the APC like a child he conceived and held in pregnancy for 18 months and gave birth to. He will never, I am ready to stake my neck and my life, President Buhari will never work against the APC. He will never work against the candidate of the APC even if the candidate is the devil himself,” Mr El-Rufai said.

He insisted that the president is “a party man and an establishment person whose for Mr Tinubu is sure.”

He went further to paint a picture and illustrate the operational mode of some disgruntled power-hungry cliques within the party that he itted was hurting the party.

“What is happening is that there are people around the president that had their presidential candidates. They had two candidates that they preferred to succeed Buhari – Godwin Emefiele from the South and Ahmad Lawan from the north – and they got neither.”

Mr Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), had purchased the APC presidential form but could not contest in the primaries following public outcry. Many Nigerians had called for his removal as CBN chief for taking part in partisan politics.

Mr Lawan, the current senate president, took part in the primaries but came fourth behind Mr Tinubu, ex-transport minister Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

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This one has turned to chief wailer ..., So APC and the presidency/cabals are no more your darling?

Same El Rufai that deceived urchings to keep spending their old notes , Now they have been reduced to carrying old notes on the wheelbarrow ...

One thing I noticed about Buhari is that if he's determined to nail you, he wouldn't even mind killing his own brother in the process as long as you are tamed politically.. Buhari is 100% ready for Tinubu..

Forget his tricks..

E no go work

“I have no problem naming them. I’m not afraid of anybody. But for me, naming them is giving them traction. They are nothing. They are not capable of winning elections. They have no idea of electoral or political legitimacy. They can only hide behind the likes of President Buhari to achieve their objectives,” he noted.

This short fool has been having unceasing nightmares and torture from the cabals and I am glad he is exhibiting the symptoms of madness...

Just because of his selfish interest, his evil plans to see christians suffer and for his friend Shettima to take over immediately the unhealthy Tinubu s his ancestors, El-Rufai have been fighting the cabals.

May whatever is good for Nigeria happen. If its not God's wish, it won't happen.

One thing I have noticed is that El-Rufai is carefully exonerating Buhari in all his SENSELESS statements and press statements. Can he just tell the president to be in charge for once?

This is what you get when you have an old man running your country. He's not in charge and his handlers will be using the country to play ping-pong. Buhari should be enough lesson; nobody should vote for that crack-peddling skit maker.

They have FAILED!
God bless the INCOMING. Amen!

what is wrong with this man??
why is the terrorist obsessed with stoking propaganda?

This short man again?
I thought Buhari and APC was the best thing to have happened to Nigeria after food? What happened in this short while?

Cry cry Rufai.
Body go soon tell you.
Midget!

Same rhetoric everyday of cabal trying to scuttle your chances. People didn't vote for cabals, we voted for Mr Buhari and is very okay if the masses call the government out because they failed the people.

Cabal didn't implement silly cashless policy but buhari did.

Cabal didn't cause fuel scarcity just some weeks to election but the incompetent buhari istration did. I don't know why the APC folks are trying to shift blame to some imaginary cabals!

Your government disappointed the people that voted them in and I believe it will be good if the APC government accept that it failed in many areas of government.

Look at the naira, look at inflation, look at insecurity, look at education, look at unemployment, look at naira scarcity, look at fuel scarcity, look at the health sector, etc.. Common!!! Tell that to the birds. And you guys are saying the APC/buhari istration shouldn't be held responsible but some imaginary cabal

Islie:

Mr El-Rufai also says he is convinced President Muhammadu Buhari would never work against the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.





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Nlfpmod

El-Rufai seems to be mentally imbalance. APC is failure.

All we need is good leadership we are bigger and better than Dubai if we have a good leader.

DSS go soon find you come house

You this short dwarf

Elrufai says cabals are planning interim Govt. FFK didn't speak without him having his source but was invited by DSS. Would DSS have the gut to invite Elrufai too?
Elrufai or Tinubu were not the first to call out the cabal in Villa, Aisha did that a few years ago when the cabals when it seemed they h hijacked the Govt from her husband. It became clearer when the sacked Babachair lawal said " which presidency?". Only the ignorant believes there's no cabal.

El Rufia should know that his propaganda is stale

Elrufai is in sifia pain

femisplash:
Elrufai says cabals are planning interim Govt. FFK didn't speak without him having his source but was invited by DSS. Would DSS have the gut to invite Elrufai too?
Elrufai or Tinubu were not the first to call out the cabal in Villa, Aisha did that a few years ago when the cabals when it seemed they h hijacked the Govt from her husband. It became clearer when the sacked Babachair lawal said " which presidency?". Only the ignorant believes there's no cabal.

Trash from a palm oil urchin

Wailers in chief

SmartPolician:
One thing I have noticed is that El-Rufai is carefully exonerating Buhari in all his SENSELESS statements and press statements. Can he just tell the president to be in charge for once?

This is what you get when you have an old man running your country. He's not in charge and his handlers will be using the country to play ping-pong. Buhari should be enough lesson; nobody should vote for that crack-peddling skit maker.

Muslim Caliphate vs fake muslim..

Poo'hari & hell rufian belong to the caliphate...while the fake muslims are hoping to inherit the caliphate votes of 15milliion...

Hell rufian can't say shit about poo'hari..it is only the fake musliims that hell rufian is fooling to blame emefiele because they live in servitude to their superior muslim caliphate..

Ezeama400:
This one has turned to chief wailer ..., So APC and the presidency/cabals are no more your darling?

Same El Rufai that deceived urchings to keep spending their old notes , Now they have been reduced to carrying old notes on the wheelbarrow ...

One thing I noticed about Buhari is that if he's determined to nail you, he wouldn't even mind killing his own brother in the process as long as you are tamed politically.. Buhari is 100% ready for Tinubu..

Forget his tricks..

How many of his brothers has he killed in other to nail anyone?

According to El-rufai:
President Buhari will never work against the APC. He will never work against the candidate of the APC Bola Ahmed even as they know that Tinubu is the devil himself,” Mr El-Rufai said

E no betweens labors

GAng star paradise

El Rufai deceiving Tinubu since 1800AD

Y

It seems tinubu has promised a ministerial slot to El Rufai.

Give us military government back sef. We ain't ripe for democracy due to greediness of our politicians. One ordinary councilor go have like 10 PA, and many advicers, not to talk of governors, senators, and president. Just wasting resources

... APC fighting APC to rescue Nigerians from APC. Useless government.

He should mention their names or shut up coward.

I wished this evil man El-Rufai was this vocal when southern Kaduna people were being murdered in 100's by his kinsmen.

El Rufai go soon enter DSS net

Na Obi I know