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2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by zero8zero(op): 7:12pm On Mar 16, 2025

Former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has expressed his readiness to woo former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form a vibrant opposition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) yesterday monitored by LEADERSHIP Sunday in Bauchi, El-Rufai said,

“My biggest wish and prayer is to see Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, and Aregbesola join SDP, so that we can form a powerful coalition of opposition leaders not necessarily to merge into one political party.”

El-Rufai, one of the founding fathers of APC, dumped the party for SDP last week after falling out with President Bola Tinubu’s government.

He was one of the arrowheads that firmly stood for Tinubu to emerge as APC presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. But barely two years later, the former Kaduna State governor left Tinubu over his exclusion from the current cabinet.

He openly criticised Tinubu’s policies for inflicting hardship on Nigerians.

Atiku and Obi are heavyweight opposition leaders who separately contested and lost the 2023 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) respectively to Tinubu.

El-Rufai said, “SDP is a vibrant platform. Let us come together so we can challenge the APC.”
He said although Tinubu deceived him, he still did not regret supporting him to become the president in 2023.

He denied defecting to SDP to contest for the presidency in 2027 but conceded that if members of the party ask him to vie for the office, he might consider it.

“I don’t know. I’m not the one who will say I’m going to contest. It’s a party and members of that party will call you and tell you to contest for this or that position.

“Even when I contested for governor, the people from Kaduna went to former President Muhammadu Buhari and pleaded with him to ask me to contest and I didn’t even want to contest because I don’t know how to do it and I was afraid to,” El-Rufai said.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by zero8zero(op): 7:14pm On Mar 16, 2025

Lol, he didn't even take long before he started casting himself.. power hungry hyena.

Elrufai/Obi 2027 grin

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by tommy589(m): 7:22pm On Mar 16, 2025

Corridors of power grin

They can never get enough of it

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by SeverusSnape(m): 7:25pm On Mar 16, 2025

zero8zero:
Lol, he didn't even take long before he started casting himself.. power hungry hyena.

Elrufai/Obi 2027

You lie. MuMu ticket till 2031.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by AMINDA: 7:42pm On Mar 16, 2025

Yet another Elrufai thread! They are really squeezing out news headlines from this single interview. Elrufai won't contest for the Presidency in 2027.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by Aonkuuse(m): 7:50pm On Mar 16, 2025

I wonder what goes through El-rufai's mind. He threw the relevance he got from being the fct minister away on the platter of Muslim and Christian war when he was in the position to actually address it.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by gift2xl: 7:51pm On Mar 16, 2025

This dude is sick upstairs, initially he was happy when tinubu made the Muslim Muslim ticket, he insulted the Christians and made mockery of them.
He will never ever become a president in Nigeria. Tinubu will still win 2027 unless on this mandate of restoring peace to Rivers State and chaining that bulldog called wike

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by Quodseverismete: 7:58pm On Mar 16, 2025

That religion bigot, terrorist pigmy want to become president, you will not succeed.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by zero8zero(op): 8:06pm On Mar 16, 2025

SeverusSnape:
You lie. M/M ticket till 2031.

Inshallah

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by kabillion(m): 8:10pm On Mar 16, 2025*

AMINDA:
Yet another Elrufai thread! They are really squeezing out news headlines from this single interview. Elrufai won't contest for the Presidency in 2027.

Ipobidients work. Hell Rufai is now their god

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by yarimo(m): 8:11pm On Mar 16, 2025

El RUFAI, ATIKU, kwankwaso and OBI must all contest 2027 presidential election to show how popular they are against president TINUBU grin

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by SmartPolician: 8:20pm On Mar 16, 2025*

After making too much noise in 2023, Kwankwaso could only win his Kano State. I assure El-Rufai that he cannot win one state in 2027.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by Chikpat(m): 8:31pm On Mar 16, 2025

zero8zero:
Lol, he didn't even take long before he started casting himself.. power hungry hyena.

Elrufai/Obi 2027

How far either Shettima? Dude has become the least influential VP in Africa. Lagos boys no allow am shake body ba?

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by Tinubuadvocate: 8:40pm On Mar 16, 2025

Shut up your mouth is Hell rufai not your hero the midget keep confusing you Obidient.

zero8zero:
Lol, he didn't even take long before he started casting himself.. power hungry hyena.

Elrufai/Obi 2027

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by mymadam(m): 8:54pm On Mar 16, 2025

zero8zero:
....“Even when I contested for governor, the people from Kaduna went to former President Muhammadu Buhari and pleaded with him to ask me to contest and I didn’t even want to contest because I don’t know how to do it and I was afraid to,” El-Rufai said.

No wonder you woefully failed your Kaduna State people.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by mohbadliveson: 9:08pm On Mar 16, 2025

Desperado. Na by force to be Minister huh

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by straighttalk(m): 9:08pm On Mar 16, 2025

Joke

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by PandoraObi: 9:09pm On Mar 16, 2025

Ggg

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by donmixc: 9:10pm On Mar 16, 2025

Baba el-Rufai carry go, Arewa de behind you, ibos una better join us to recuse you from tinupoo wickedness

Helinues go cry😂

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by aswani(m): 9:10pm On Mar 16, 2025

So he will be Presential candidate and Peter Obi will be his deputy, chai chineke me.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by EXOUSIAng: 9:10pm On Mar 16, 2025

How will you.
No be why you run go there be that?

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by Quarterpast(m): 9:10pm On Mar 16, 2025

El-Rufai, I'm not sure you can ever govern or rule this country

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by wildernessVoice: 9:10pm On Mar 16, 2025

zero8zero:
Lol, he didn't even take long before he started casting himself.. power hungry hyena.

Elrufai/Obi 2027

Point of correction

Obi/Kwakwaso 2027

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by richiemcgold: 9:11pm On Mar 16, 2025

The game is on.

Take it or leave it, this guy is working for Tinubu.

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by frog12: 9:11pm On Mar 16, 2025

He denied defecting to SDP to contest for the presidency in 2027 but conceded that if members of the party ask him to vie for the office, he might consider it:

this is all the plan. elrufai as President and Adebayo a VP. honestly, elrufai has not been a very straightforward person, so i prefer peter obi

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Re: 2027 Presidency: I Won’t Reject SDP's Ticket – El-rufai by gigabyte13: 9:11pm On Mar 16, 2025

This online portable mallam too dey overrate himself..........
Yen yen yen too much talk
No dey full basket
Show workings
Leave cho cho cho
Like portable

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