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Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that he has no issues with President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
However, El-Rufai stated that he had concerns about how the All Progressives Congress, APC, was being run.
El-Rufai recently declared that he no longer recognises the APC because the party organs have not met in the past two years.
Speaking on Arise Television’s programme, Prime Time, El-Rufai said: “I’m a founding member of the APC and still a member, but I have concerns about how the party is being run, and I have expressed those concerns.
“I expressed those concerns because I feel like a father who has given birth to a child. I know the investment and compromises we had to make to build what is now the APC.
“I have no issues with Tinubu’s administration. People say I’m a critic, but I have never said a word about the Tinubu administration.
“My comment in a panel on democracy in Nigeria was about the APC.”
He also alleged that Ribadu is attempting to eliminate any potential competition from the North ahead of his presidential ambition.
El-Rufai said: “Ribadu is behind the project to destroy El-Rufai and my reputation.
“But so far, it has been frustrating for them. They have not found anything to use against me.
“So they are now going to lower-level officers who worked with me, trying to convince them to implicate me in exchange for having their problems resolved.
“The ICPC is now a charade. The EFCC is more professional.
“I swear to you and to God, I have not taken a penny that I was not supposed to. In fact, as governor, my deputy and I donated 50% of our entitlements, and I have records to prove it.
“Ribadu wants to be President of Nigeria, and his plan is to eliminate every Northerner who appears to be competition.”
