Former Governor Nasir El–Rufai of Kaduna State has come under intense pressure to jettison the idea of dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to form a mega political party with some like minds. That was even as an ambassadorial appointment is being dangled before him as an alternative.
It would be recalled that the
El – Rufai, who played a major role in the formation of the APC in 2014,
recently paid a visit to the secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP),
in reciprocation to the earlier visit of the National Chairman of the SDP,
Shehu Musa Gabam, in company with National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and a
chieftain of the APC, Kashim Ibrahim – Imam.
The trio went to break their
fast in El–Rufai’s Abuja home. However, some people are prevailing on him not
to leave the party, which he helped in its formation and winning the elections
in 2015, a credible source conversant with the issue confided in Sunday
Telegraph.
The Source said: “Some persons
are trying to broker some rapprochement, telling him not to leave the party as
a founding member of the APC, who played a major role; he should not jettison
the party.
“However, the trouble at home
is further putting pressure on him to find a new platform to become more
relevant because the governor in his home state in his revelation has further
damaged him in some way, his reputation as an astute manager of resources and
men.
“But some of his men are saying
that the money was borrowed for some developmental purposes and therefore, what
the loan was used for is very visible everywhere; that when you want to kick-start
an infrastructural revolution, you need extra finances. That is making him more
estranged from the party.” Furthermore, our source said that it was not without
reason.
“He has two reasons why he is
looking for another party,” our source adds: “Number one: He believes that he
was deliberately schemed out of being minister of the federal republic by some
entrenched interests and he believes that he was not duly rewarded for the key
and critical role he played in the emergence of candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu as
the candidate of the APC and also his emergence as the president of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria. “He believes that he has not been well treated by the
leadership of the party and by the government. His critical role has not been
acknowledged and rewarded like others, who did not play half of the role he
played.
“So, it is obvious that he is
very angry with the system and he believes that what he did in 2014, and 2015,
leading to the formation of the APC can be done again. However, some persons
from within the party are also said to be reaching out to him that he should
not be angry.
“They are dangling before him
the ambassadorial compensation. Whether that will materialize is another thing.
“He also needs to be cleared in one way or the other. He is reluctant to take
that leap because he believes that it may lead to another humiliation and of
course, he also believes that some of the things happening in his home state
are orchestrated to haunt him.
“That is their response to his move in the
last few days by people who believe that they will pay you back, you want to
form a mega party. He believes that what is happening in his home state is
being orchestrated by the same people, who denied him the ministerial slot.
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