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El-Rufai has described Tinubu’s government as the most corrupt and dishonest in Nigeria’s political history.

Taking another swipe at the current administration for the umpteenth time, former governor Nasir El-Rufai said the federal government under Tinubu was the most lying government that depended on false propaganda, especially on security challenges bedeviling the country.

Addressing what was wrong with the government, when asked, he said, “I should ask you. Can you afford three square meals? Can your salary buy what it used to buy two years ago? I should ask you. There is nothing wrong with the government?”

Refuting claims by the government that security had improved in the country, he added that the insecurity in the country was due to the federal government’s failure to proffer deeper solutions to address what he termed the prevailing security challenges from their roots.

“This is the most lying government that depends on false propaganda. They lied that security has improved in Nigeria. They read out numbers of bandits killed except the ones we know are the leading bandits.

“In Kaduna, Dogo Gide is still around, Mallam Abba, the Boko Haram terrorist is still alive. Bello Turji is still around but everyday, they announce names of people that are bandits’ leaders that they have killed and security has improved.

“In Kaduna, Dogo Gide is still around, Mallam Abba, the Boko Haram terrorist is still alive. Bello Turji is still around but everyday, they announce names of people that are bandits’ leaders that they have killed and security has improved.

“In Kaduna, Dogo Gide is still around, Mallam Abba, the Boko Haram terrorist is still alive. Bello Turji is still around but everyday, they announce names of people that are bandits’ leaders that they have killed and security has improved.

“How many local governments are under the occupation of bandits in Katsina State? How many are occupied by bandits in Zamfara State and some parts of Sokoto State? And because you are in government you think that nothing would happen, things will remain like that?

“It’s okay, you are free to engage in your grand delusion, but when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth,” El-Rufai said.

On his support for Tinubu’s campaign in 2023, he said, “I was a state governor. Go and ask what I did in my state. Don’t even make me part of the federal government.

“Between 2015 and 2023, I was not part of it. What you can ask me and I can defend my tenure is what I did in Kaduna between 2015 and 2023. I had very little to do with the federal government.

“I was among those that formed the APC and I campaigned for president Buhari, (and of course the current president). Yes, I did. He was the candidate of my party and I campaigned for him. I was never part of his government.”

El-Rufai, who described SDP as a party with a long history and credibility, said, “but we have to build it. We have to build it almost from scratch. In the last presidential election, it got less than 100,000 votes, compared to millions of votes that the leading parties got, so we have a lot of work to do.

“We have the will and we have the human resources to work on it. That’s part of the reason why I’m here in Katsina and I’ll be moving from state to state, working with the leaders in every state to try to build this party.

“We have to build it just as we built the APC from the ground up. It’s hard work, it’s risky work. We will succeed by the grace of God, but even if we fail, let it go down in history that some people tried and stood up to challenge tyranny and incompetence and grand corruption at all levels. This is what we are trying to do.

Responding to the APC chairman’s remarks that nobody could unseat Tinubu in 2027, he said, “I have nothing to say. Silence is usually the best answer to people like that.

“The quality of governance in the country is appalling. This is the worst government in Nigeria’s history. I’m 65 years old. I have seen every government in Nigeria since independence. This is the worst.

“And if they think that nothing will happen, that Nigerians are helpless, that all of us will just fold our arms and allow this country to be run aground, they are making a mistake. Nigerians will challenge them. Nigerians will teach them a lesson. Nigerians will put their arrogance to rest by the special grace of God.”

The erstwhile Kaduna governor, hinted that he was in Katsina to condole with Governor Dikko Umaru Radda over the demise of his mother.

“I came to Katsina state to condole with the governor of the state on the death of his mother, as well as condole with my elder brother, who also lost his grand-uncle, and use the opportunity to catch up with my colleagues and leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

“The state chairman happened to be my classmate in Barewa College. We first met in Barewa College in 1972. We have a long relationship. I said it’s a good opportunity to meet with him, as well as other political leaders in Katsina that we are trying to persuade to join the SDP.

adenigga:
Why using my post in another person's name? Nairaland, ehn!......

RichBoy247:
Go to Ruvers Government House and beat up the Sole Administrator there nah, Shebi na you write Constitution. All the mouths that you nobody made, I thought by now you would have entered Aso Rock, carry Tinubu to Rivers State and whip
Him at the market square

mrvitalis:
I don't care if it's in the Constitution or not
Can Tinubu suspend kano governor? He knows the violence would consum him

You must let your enemy know there would be consequences if they attack you

Fulanis attack every tribe in the North aside jukun... Know why? Jukun don't make noise they just go to the 3 nearest fulani villages and kill them all. If attacked

mrvitalis:
Fubara issue is that he thinks Wike and his like respect peaceful approach

Just like Fulanis you fight them.. Only when they know attacking you means risk of them hurting themselves would they respect you

If I'm governor of rivers... Wikw would be facing a murder case as we speak
Plus 16 illegal arm possession charges

Melonsmasher:
Wike is stupid

Maxymilliano:
Apologised to you on what ground

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has not apologised to him to consider forgiving him.

According to him, for there to be forgiveness, the person who did wrong must first acknowledge it and seek forgiveness.

The minister, speaking through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, was reacting to the call by Niger Delta ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who called on him to forgive Fubara, his estranged political godson.

Tompolo, while speaking on the Rivers State crisis in a statement recently, emphasised the need for restraint and unity and urged Wike to set aside his anger for the greater good.

“And just like I will not accept rebellion from my son, I will also not cause more problems. Wike is angry, but he has to bring his temper down for the good of all. We will have a dialogue and resolve all lingering issues, and again Fubara will return to his seat,” Tompolo said.

Asked for his response to the call by Tompolo, Wike, through his aide, “There is no offence. It is when somebody has offended you personally that you are talking about the person seeking forgiveness or whatever. As Christians, let’s now assume that Fubara has offended the minister, do you forgive someone who has not come to you to seek forgiveness?”

Olayinka, emphasising the process of reconciliation, added, “The person who has wronged you must first agree that in his mind he has wronged you. Let’s assume that Fubara has offended the minister, has he come to seek forgiveness? I’m not saying there is an offence and there should be forgiveness but he has not even come for forgiveness.”

According to Olayinka, Wike has not accused Fubara of personal wrongdoing but has merely called for adherence to governance principles.

“The minister has never said that Fubara offended him personally. He only said that Fubara should govern in accordance with the rule of law and that Fubara should not throw away those who risked their lives and resources and that is not too much to ask. He said, ‘Those who worked to make you governor, don’t throw them away like that’. So, that is not about forgiveness. If there is one person Fubara would say he has offended, it should be the President.”

He further questioned the governor’s change in posture towards Wike, noting that Fubara once worked closely with him.

“He is the one to go for soul-searching because throughout the time he was working with this same Wike, throughout the time Wike was facing the bullet for him, Wike was not a bad person then. So, at what point did Wike become a bad person to him? He should ask himself. When did Wike become somebody that Fubara would be so bold, telling him that he would deal with him? At what point? He should ask himself questions like this.”

Waxing proverbial, Olayinka added, “You are begging a doctor to provide medicine for someone that is sick, but you are not begging the person that is sick to take the medicine. What happens?”