Group faults ex-gov’s remarks, disposition
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Bashir Jamoh, yesterday, disclosed that the party still consults former Governor Nasir el-Rufai on his advice without any charge.

Jamoh also said the Kaduna chapter of the ruling party was yet to part ways with the ex-governor despite his involvement with the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC).

A few months ago, el-Rufai reportedly dumped the APC, alleging a lack of internal democracy under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The former governor moved to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) before joining the opposition coalition, which adopted the ADC.

However, Jamoh who is a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), insisted that el-Rufai is still a card-carrying member of the APC.

Addressing journalists in Kaduna, Jamoh said: “We are yet to reach the point where we will say farewell to Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. Forget about the politics.

“When we need his advice, we consult him, and he offers his contributions free of charge.”

THIS is even as the Northern Youths Frontiers (NYF), yesterday, faulted the ex-governor over recent comments made during a political gathering in Sokoto, describing them as divisive, self-serving, and detached from the aspirations of Northern Nigeria.

The group noted that his rejection by the Senate, fuelled by numerous petitions, was a clear sign of diminishing public trust in his leadership and character.

In a statement by the North West Zonal Coordinator of NYF, Saminu Tukur, the group accused el-Rufai of “deliberately stoking regional tensions in a desperate bid to resuscitate his waning political relevance ahead of the 2027 general elections.”

He added: “The NYF contends that el-Rufai’s veiled threats about 2027 and inflammatory rhetoric amount to a desperate attempt by a politically irrelevant figure to reinsert himself into the national discourse through controversy, divisiveness, and desperation.

“We believe that his utterances were reckless, self-serving, and wholly unrepresentative of the views and aspirations of the North. Let it be clear that el-Rufai does not speak for Kaduna State, and certainly not for the North.”