Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog

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Poll: Who in your Opinion is the Worst Senate President from the list below ? {Kindly state your reasons in the comments section}

David Mark 5% (21 votes)

Bukola Saraki 4% (16 votes)

God'swill Akpabio 71% (260 votes)

Ahmed Lawan 17% (65 votes)

This poll has ended

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Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by SlavaUkraini(op): 1:49am On Feb 10

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has launched a scathing attack on Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of being the real obstacle behind the ongoing controversy surrounding the proposed amendment to the Electoral Act.

While speaking in an interview on Trust Tv, El-Rufai dismissed claims that the Senate as an institution is responsible for the contentious move, insisting that the problem lies squarely with Akpabio’s leadership.

“It is not the Senate that is the problem here. Akpabio is the problem,” El-Rufai said, adding: “By every definition, he is a scumbag.”

The former governor further alleged that the Senate President is acting on behalf of powerful political interests, describing him as nothing more than a “lapdog” to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Asiwaju).

According to El-Rufai, senators who oppose the amendment must unite and openly resist it when the National Assembly reconvenes.

The senators will have to come together, protest, and prevent that from happening,” he stated.

El-Rufai also rejected the distinguished title often attached to members of the upper chamber, saying his long-standing personal history with Akpabio strips him of any such formalities.

“I don’t consider him ‘distinguished.’ We’ve known each other since the 1990s. I’ve seen how far we’ve come, so I am qualified to call him what he is,” he stated.

https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/09/electoral-act-amendment-akpabio-is-the-problem-tinubu-lapdog-el-rufai/

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by chatinent: 2:34am On Feb 10

I beg to disagree.

Tinubu is the primary problem of Nigeria.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Bentacur007: 5:39am On Feb 10

Gbam
Let’s call a spade a spade

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Equity419: 5:39am On Feb 10

Who else if not that fat bellied buffon

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by EyeCumInPiece: 5:39am On Feb 10

If them implement E-Transmission, Tinubu fit no see 1million votes. 😁

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Bentacur007: 5:40am On Feb 10

Gbam
Let’s call a spade a spade

chatinent:
I beg to disagree.

Tinubu is the primary problem of Nigeria.

Who signs every loan Tinubu proposes

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Jagaban2012: 5:41am On Feb 10

See this idiot HELL—Rufai calling someone a lapdog... What has been his impact in the country? His impact has always been for bad and evil and not for good....

Since he has been edged out of the Tinubu government, he has been talking down about his policy...and some gullible people like him will think that whatever he says is out of his patriotic act; unfortunately, most of what he is saying is out of his hateful heart towards this Tinubu government, and this is because he was denied any political position in this government...

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lanretoye(m): 5:42am On Feb 10

But some people will not think that this man became an opposition because things didn’t go his way with this government,if he had been appointed as a minister…he would have been part of their so called tormentors

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by obi4eze(m): 5:44am On Feb 10

Very true. Akpabio is the worst SP in the history of Nigeria

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by KIDfurniture(m): 5:46am On Feb 10

All of them are the same ! Thieves and evil politicians- I don’t trust any of them but the one with conscience is far better than tinubu the evil man. Endsars massacre in Lagos was engineered by this same evil man. They don’t care about us.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by AMINDA: 5:50am On Feb 10*

Jagaban2012:
See this idiot HELL—Rufai calling someone a lapdog... What has been his impact in the country? His impact has always been for bad and evil and not for good....

Since he has been edged out of the Tinubu government, he has been talking down about his policy...and some gullible people like him will think that whatever he says is out of his patriotic act; unfortunately, most of what he is saying is out of his hateful heart towards this Tinubu government, and this is because he was denied any political position in this government...

Elrufai's impact in the country? Well, he remains the best head of BPE till date. Best Minister of FCT till date. Best governor of Kaduna till date. You only need to visit these places to confirm. Above all, he made Tinubu president by galvanising the North to support power shift because until betrayed, a Northerner will always keep his word. You may celebrate his betrayal by Tinubu but it's on record that Tinubu publicly begged him to serve in his government and went everywhere with him during the campaigns, including to Chatham house. You may hate his guts and bluntness but you can never accuse Elrufai of being incompetent. Which one of Tinubu's ministers today can lace Elrufai's shoes? Absolutely none!

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Macphenson: 5:51am On Feb 10

Did El Rufai just called Akpabio a scumbag? Wow. Akpabio is going down as the worst Senate President ever in the history of this country.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Tflex01: 5:53am On Feb 10

Nigerian politicians are the funniest in the world.

The way they become the lover of the masses immediately they are out of power should be studied. 😂

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by sailor2011(m): 5:55am On Feb 10

LoL..El rufai is only crying because of his failed bid to be appointed as a Super Minister in PBAT 's Government. He is tickling the ears of people who do not have critical thinking ...people who nuture hate for PBAT...people who can never see anything good in what the government does ....these people know themselves and the midget can easily thumb down and drag their medulla anyhow he wants.😁😁😁😘

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lithiumite: 6:06am On Feb 10

Jagaban2012:
See this idiot HELL—Rufai calling someone a lapdog... What has been his impact in the country? His impact has always been for bad and evil and not for good....

Since he has been edged out of the Tinubu government, he has been talking down about his policy...and some gullible people like him will think that whatever he says is out of his patriotic act; unfortunately, most of what he is saying is out of his hateful heart towards this Tinubu government, and this is because he was denied any political position in this government...

Trust akpabio to clap back accordingly,that man has no joy at all, he is a vawulence master...el rufai go collect woto woto

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lithiumite: 6:09am On Feb 10

Lanretoye:
But some people will not think that this man became an opposition because things didn’t go his way with this government,if he had been appointed as a minister…he would have been part of their so called tormentors

He couldn't even win his state for his party and he thinks he has a right to be in the govt.....his gov and KD south people are waiting for him and his coalition of fellow disgruntled politicians.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by AMINDA: 6:10am On Feb 10

sailor2011:
LoL..El rufai is only crying because of his failed bid to be appointed as a Super Minister in PBAT 's Government. He is tickling the ears of people who do not have critical thinking ...people who nuture hate for PBAT...people who can never see anything good in what the government does ....these people know themselves and the midget can easily thumb down and drag their medulla anyhow he wants.😁😁😁😘

Lol. Here is your tin-god in Kaduna begging Elrufai to work in his government only to betray him as has now become his trademark. Now, show us a counter-video of Elrufai lobbying to become a super minister in Tinubu’s cabinet. Fashola was Buhari’s super minister by the way.

"Elrufai is a thinker and a doer" - Bola Ahmed Tinubu

You calling @elrufai failure? 😂

But here’s Tinubu @officialABAT on whose behalf you’re launching these invectives, extolling the leadership qualities of El-Rufai and BEGGING him for help during the 2023 electioneering campaign.

The joke is on you, @renoomokri. 🤣 https://t.co/ND18Lm2C93 pic.twitter.com/KtauOPtiiA
— Yusuf Tukur, PhD (@realYusufTukur) December 29, 2024

/video/1

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lithiumite: 6:13am On Feb 10

KIDfurniture:
All of them are the same ! Thieves and evil politicians- I don’t trust any of them but the one with conscience is far better than tinubu the evil man. Endsars massacre in Lagos was engineered by this same evil man. They don’t care about us.

"End sars massacre" show us only 3 people that died in the so-called massacre,only 3 or better still just 3 families that lost someone that day.

Gud gave you a brain for a reason and you should be able to discern propaganda from facts.

Also how was tunubu responsible for the end sars imbroglio.....was he the one that told sars to be doing what they did at the time or was he the c in c that could order soldiers to the streets? Stop this puerile narrative as it depicts you as a very ignorant fellow.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Ofunaofu: 6:23am On Feb 10

“It is not the Senate that is the problem here. Akpabio is the problem,” El-Rufai said, adding: “By every definition, he is a scumbag.”

Akpabio deserves every despicable name being hurled at him.

I watched him on national television with disbelief as he spewed weak, illogical excuses for why electronic transmission of election results from polling units should not be mandatory hiding behind insecurity, a collapsed national grid, and failing telecom services in nine states, and deliberately refusing to mention the nine states while casually casting aspersions at real and imagined critics.

Having tangled himself in contradictions, he then had the audacity to tell Nigerians to direct their grievances to INEC and not to him or the Senate as though the Senate President’s role is to evade responsibility rather than make laws.

It took David Mark, a former Senate President, to publicly reduce him to a remedial civics lesson: his duty is to legislate, not to obfuscate; to make laws, not excuses. If Nigerians demand mandatory electronic transmission of results, it is the responsibility of the Senate, under Akpabio’s leadership to enshrine it in law.

Anything less is not just incompetence; it is a deliberate attempt to sabotage free, fair, and credible elections and to subvert the will of the people.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lithiumite: 6:31am On Feb 10

AMINDA:
Elrufai's impact in the country? Well, he remains the best head of BPE till date. Best Minister of FCT till date. Best governor of Kaduna till date. You only need to visit these places to confirm. Above all, he made Tinubu president by galvanising the North to support power shift because until betrayed, a Northerner will always keep his word. You may celebrate his betrayal by Tinubu but it's on record that Tinubu publicly begged him to serve in his government and went everywhere with him during the campaigns, including to Chatham house. You may hate his guts and bluntness but you can never accuse Elrufai of being incompetent. Which one of Tinubu's ministers today can lace Elrufai's shoes? Absolutely none!

And lost his state woefully,I would take his boss's word,obj over your narration of el rufai in his book,my watch.......he would know better.

Need I ask you again,how many deaths have been recorded in southern KD from banditry and herdsmen attack now compared to el rufai's time as gov also remember to update us on the security situation in birnin gwari now as against then.

El rufai I can agree is one of the most competent hands you have up north but his political style and choices smears him with so much dirt......what he has in competence ,he lacks in principles and that really belittles what ever stature he thinks of himself.

His entitlement mentality is his undoing,he didn't do more for tinubu than wamakko,al makura,yari and co who are equally not in this govt but are all still loyal to their party......

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by zoedew: 6:32am On Feb 10

SlavaUkraini:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/09/electoral-act-amendment-akpabio-is-the-problem-tinubu-lapdog-el-rufai/

The shameless religious bigot finally found his voice!

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lithiumite: 6:34am On Feb 10

Macphenson:
Did El Rufai just called Akpabio a scumbag? Wow. Akpabio is going down as the worst Senate President ever in the history of this country.

Akpabio will return the vawulence in equal measure,I trust him on that.....shows how pained el rufai really is,gives many of us so much joy seeing his premium tears.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by AMINDA: 6:37am On Feb 10

Lithiumite:
And lost his state woefully,I would take his boss's word,obj over your narration of el rufai in his book,my watch.......he would know better.

Need I ask you again,how many deaths have been recorded in southern KD from banditry and herdsmen attack now compared to el rufai's time as gov also remember to update us on the security situation in birnin gwari now as against then.

El rufai I can agree is one of the most competent hands you have up north but his political style and choices smears him with so much dirt......what he has in competence ,he lacks in principles and that really belittles what ever stature he thinks of himself.

His entitlement mentality is his undoing,he didn't do more for tinubu than wamakko,al makura,yari and co who are equally not in this govt but are all still loyal to their party......

Elrufai was not on the ballot in 2023. Tinubu was and yet, he lost both Lagos and Osun, his place of residence and state of origin respectively. Speaking of Obasanjo's My Watch, here's what he said about Tinubu. If Obasanjo was right about Elrufai, he's also right about Tinubu.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Urgent1Million: 6:37am On Feb 10

The only thing working in Nigeria today is banditry and terr*r; kidna**ing, looting and money laundering.
Akpabio will go down in history as the worst Senate president the world will ever produce.
The unfortunate thing about him is that he's so dumb that he can't even think of any sensible reason to defend the rubbish he's doing.
How can a Senate president of the giant of Africa say that lack of telecommunication network in some parts of Nigeria is the reason for rejecting the electronic transmission of results!
Even a child in kindergarten will not give that kind of reason for f**ks sake!!

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Bluntemperor: 6:42am On Feb 10

Mallam,Rest,I take God beg you,
Since they love Social Media with gaulible audiences and ask him:
-Where he has been - Since President -Trump Bombed Sokoto State - where ISIS was hibernating ? No Comment About till date🤐.
•-They love Bokoham, Terrorists- Bandits ,Kidnappers and now graduated to ISIS - from Afghanistan and Sudan, Yemen,etc.
-Here is a Man- who puts his Children and Members of his Family in Govt- as reps,etc.
-Has he paid the NBILLIONS -Money the Court gave ruling since early last year- as a' Former Governor '?
-Now,he is running to Where you the -FORMER' So Called Leaders are assembling - Association Of Deficient Comrades ( ADC)- where,
•They Don't give Accountability of their Past Govt-Affairs ( Money Received and How It was SPENT)
•FORMER' POLITICIANS,
•FORMER' Governors,
•Former Ministers,
•Former Heads of Depts and Agencies like NNPC,the Poverty Alleviation,the NHS,etc.
They were in Govt-,yet the Youths and the Masses Can't Boast Of Their LEGACY-or Impacts.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by donleo92(m): 6:44am On Feb 10

As e stands now, it look as if they promised akpabio presidency come 2070 undecided

The guy na real lapdog

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by DeLaRue: 6:47am On Feb 10*

There should be no unreviewed transmission to IREV.

It could plunge this country into a terminal crisis.

What happens if Sokoto, Zamfara and other Muslim majority Northern states upload fake 4 million votes each unto IREN without ward - level review. What if Lagos uploads 5 million votes,or Rivers 4 million.

You might say, INEC has the power to review results afterwards.

Can you imagine how much time (days or weeks) to review a fake 6 million votes down to an actual 1.8 million votes. Now imagine if INEC has to repeat that for 25 states?

Just think of the chaos that will happen if and when INEC revises actual vote results and another party's candidate is declared the winner in a State.

In that scenario, imagine the person legitimately declared the winner is from the ruling party and the massive cries of rigging that will follow.

This sort of thing can result in a nation wide crisis that is unquenchable.

Ofcourse that is what some people have been clamouring for - a civil war.

It just doesn't make sense to lock yourself into a mandatory transmission of results in a country with so many edge cases.

In law, the word mandatory once used has no comeback. There is no interpretation of it that allows for any unforseen scenario. That is a dangerous word to use in the context of elections in today's Nigeria. In rhe future, may be.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by thomas2024: 6:48am On Feb 10

SlavaUkraini:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/09/electoral-act-amendment-akpabio-is-the-problem-tinubu-lapdog-el-rufai/

Unfortunate animals occupying the NASS

Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by Lithiumite: 6:55am On Feb 10*

AMINDA:
Lol. Here is your tin-god in Kaduna begging Elrufai to work in his government only to betray him as has now become his trademark. Now, show us a counter-video of Elrufai lobbying to become a super minister in Tinubu’s cabinet. Fashola was Buhari’s super minister by the way.

"Elrufai is a thinker and a doer" - Bola Ahmed Tinubu

You calling @elrufai failure? 😂

But here’s Tinubu @officialABAT on whose behalf you’re launching these invectives, extolling the leadership qualities of El-Rufai and BEGGING him for help during the 2023 electioneering campaign.

The joke is on you, @renoomokri. 🤣 https://t.co/ND18Lm2C93 pic.twitter.com/KtauOPtiiA
— Yusuf Tukur, PhD (@realYusufTukur) December 29, 2024
/video/1

Does that make him entitled to being directly involved in the govt,I can wish something and I can get advised against it by those around me,it's my choice to heed or otherwise and if el rufai didn't get what he wanted from this govt does that mean he cannot later.......el rufai didn't do anything more for tinubu than the likes of wamakko, al makura,yari,sani yerima,sanni bello and co even ben ayade held his own against the obi tsunami in his region but still not in anyway directly involved in this govt but he still remains loyal to his party despite is ministerial nominee being thrown out but they are still loyal to their party ..... principles!! that's what your el rufai lacks and his entitlement mentallity is his undoing and this is the beginning of his end.

The joke is on you as it's obvious your short man devil is shedding premium tears because the cookie has been taking from him and he isn't mincing words about it,trust me,it's so damn beautiful to watch.

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Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by anonimi: 6:55am On Feb 10

chatinent:
I beg to disagree.

Tinubu is the primary problem of Nigeria.

Just like you, I answered the wrong question in the poll, and chose David Mark thinking that it was about the BEST senate president.

The thread is specifically about the electoral bill.

Re: Electoral Act Amendment: Apabio Is The Problem, Tinubu's Lapdog — El-Rufai by anonimi: 7:00am On Feb 10

Lithiumite:
Does that make him entitled to being directly involved in the govt,I can wish something and I can get advised against it by those around me,it's my choice to heed or otherwise and if el rufai didn't get what he wanted from this govt does that mean he cannot later.......el rufai didn't do anything more for tinubu than the likes of wamakko, al makura,yari,sani yerima,sanni bello and co,are they in anyway directly in this govt? But they are still loyal to their party ..... principles,that's what your el rufai lacks and his entitlement mentallity is his undoing and this is the beginning of his end.

The joke is on you as it's obvious your short man devil is shedding premium tears because the cookie has been taking from him and he isn't mincing words about it,trust me,it's so damn beautiful to watch.

Is it “so damn beautiful to watch” Jagaban of Borgu worsening insecurity in our country because he is too clueless to understand that being president is more than just being a tax collector huh

Maxymilliano:
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he delegated some members of the party to respond to questions posed to him.
According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship”.

Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, monitored by The Nation.

At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, assigned Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.

https://thenationonlineng.net/why-i-delegated-el-rufai-ayade-others-to-answer-questions-at-chatham-house-tinubu/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1670262252

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