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El-Rufai seeks to vindicate himself in court after being labeled a ‘security risk’
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He’s mobilizing to undermine Tinubu’s potential 2027 re-election bid
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The fallout stems from El-Rufai’s surprise exclusion from Tinubu’s cabinet
Eko Hot Blog reports that former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is gearing up for a legal confrontation with President Bola Tinubu.
According to Vanguard, El-Rufai, amid allegations labeling him a security risk, seeks to vindicate himself in court and simultaneously brace for a political showdown affecting the president’s potential re-election bid in 2027.
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A source close to El-Rufai disclosed, “You think Mallam will allow this tag to abide on him? I can assure you that he is going to clear his name in court. El-Rufai is a man who has many contacts internationally and he is not one to allow his reputation to be smeared by the reason given by the Senate of being a security risk.”
Besides the resort to the court of law, the former governor is also mobilising to play a role against Tinubu in the court of public opinion ahead of 2027. “Whether El-Rufai would stand as a candidate or mobilise against the president in 2027 in the same way he did in supporting him in 2023 is, however, a matter that is yet to be determined.”
This looming battle traces back to the Tinubu administration’s controversial decision to exclude El-Rufai from ministerial office due to alleged security concerns, a move that has sparked significant public and political discourse.
A senior government official from one of the Southwest states said, “He played a key role in funding us in my state and I can tell this because I was personally involved.”
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Defending why he opposed the Buhari government on the naira redesign policy, El-Rufai had claimed it was meant to instigate the polity against the APC by those around the former president who failed in their bid to stop Tinubu from getting the presidential ticket.
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