Tension in Presidential Villa as Anti-Tinubu Elements Emerge

• Kaduna State Governor uncovers scheme to ruin Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambitions.

• The politician reveals on Channels Television’s program Sunrise Daily the schemes being plotted to oust and pull down the former Lagos State governor and APC statesman.

• El Rufai states the reason being the political rivals within the party had their own preferred candidate ahead of the primaries who were unsuccessful to drag the party’s ticket.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has dropped a bombshell, revealing that some individuals in the Presidential Villa are working against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

In an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program, Governor El-Rufai stated that these individuals had their preferred candidate for the APC presidential primaries, but unfortunately, their candidate did not win.

According to the governor, the individuals are hiding behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire to do what he perceives as right, while they work to ensure the opposition wins the election.

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El-Rufai pointed out two instances of these elements’ influence, citing the petroleum subsidy, which he says was agreed upon by the government to be removed, but changed suddenly, and the recent currency redesign, which he believes does not make any political or economic sense and is being blamed on the Governor of the Central Bank, but is actually a direct result of President Buhari’s actions.

”I believe there are elements in the Villa that want us to lose the election because they didn’t get their way; they had their candidate. Their candidate did not win the primaries.

“They are trying to get us to lose the election, and they are hiding behind the president’s desire to do what he thinks is right. I will give two examples: this petroleum subsidy, which is costing the country trillions of Naira, was something that we all agreed would be removed.

“In fact, I had a discussion with the president and showed him why it had to go. Because how can you have a capital budget of N200b for federal roads and then spend N2 Trillion on petroleum subsidy? This was a conversation I had with the president in 2021 when the subsidy thing started rising. He was convinced. We left. It changed. Everyone in the government agreed, and it changed.” The Kaduna State governor reveals.

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“The second example I will give is this currency redesign. You have to understand the president. People are blaming the Governor of the Central Bank for the currency redesign, but No. You have to go back and look at the first outing of Buhari as president. He did this; the Buhari, Idiagbon regime changed our currency and did it in secrecy with a view to catching those that are stashing away illicit funds. It is a very good intention. The president has his right. But doing it at this time within the allotted time does not make any political or economic sense.”

It’s a developing story and EKO HOT BLOG will keep you updated with the latest developments.

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