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In 2007, Tinubu Did a Public Opinion Survey That Favoured Nuhu Ribadu; El-Rufai Never Got Over It - Osuntokun

Tinubu then was a kingmaker; he had just left as governor of Lagos State and wanted to support/sponsor the younger generation since it was the turn of the north. This was when Tinubu reached out to Nuhu Ribadu and adopted him as a candidate, and bad blood set in between Nuhu Ribadu and El-Rufai.

Akin Osuntokun, Former DG, LP Presidential Campaign Council

In 2007, Tinubu Did a Public Opinion Survey That Favoured Nuhu Ribadu; El-Rufai Never Got Over It - Osuntokun

Tinubu then was a kingmaker; he had just left as governor of Lagos State and wanted to support/sponsor the younger generation since it was the turn of the north. This… pic.twitter.com/K2YiXWqObX

— ARISE NEWS (@ARISEtv) February 17, 2026

The water carriers have been activated to rewrite history. Elrufai has never, I mean NEVER being in the camp of Tinubu until the APC merger talks began circa 2013 or so. Even then, he was in the Buhari CPC camp. You all can keep burying your heads in the sand as long as this video exists.

El-Rufai Releases Video When Tinubu Was Begging Him to Work with Him…. Bro, politics m@d gan o 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/f8jMn7Eb3a

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) February 17, 2026

Naija politics dey all about self interest, the rest of the country can go and die...

AMINDA:
The water carriers have been activated to rewrite history. Elrufai has never, I mean NEVER being in the camp of Tinubu until the APC merger talks began circa 2013 or so. Even then, he was in the Buhari CPC camp. You all can keep burying your heads in the sand as long as this video exists.

El-Rufai Releases Video When Tinubu Was Begging Him to Work with Him…. Bro, politics m@d gan o 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/f8jMn7Eb3a

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) February 17, 2026

I have no counterpoint to the first part of your comment.

As for the video, I laugh as a Yoruba man. You read too much into it, most Yoruba people will not read too much into it. It is more of a compliment or courtesy in our cultural context. I am perfectly being honest with you. El-rufai and his supporters might massage his ego with the video. That is not how a Yoruba man begs for favor if he needs one.

DoTheNeedful:
I have no counterpoint for the first part of your comment.

As for the video, I laugh as a Yoruba man. You read too much into it, most Yoruba people will not think twice about it. It is more of a compliment or courtesy in our cultural context. I am perfectly being honest with you. El-rufai and his supporters might massage his ego with the video, but as a Yoruba man it means nothing to me. That is not how a Yoruba man begs for favor if he needs one.

Noted. We learn everyday. In the North, once you give you word, it is bond. Northerners do not say one thing and mean the other. How does he expect Nigerians to believe his campaign promises if he can easily renege on them simply by claiming he is a Yoruba man? He was in Adamawa praising Ribadu yesterday. I guess you will be back in 2027 after the certain betrayal to claim that's the way of the Yoruba.

AMINDA:
Noted. We learn everyday. In the North, once you give you word, it is bond. Northerners do not say one thing and mean the other. How does he expect to Nigerians to believe his campaign promises if he can easily renege on them simply by claiming he is Yoruba man? He was in Adamawa praising Ribadu yesterday. I guess you will back in 2027 after the certain betrayal to claim that's the way of the Yoruba.

Stop crying of Ethnicity . Only a political and ethnic slaves reasons your ways.

AMINDA:
Noted. We learn everyday. In the North, once you give you word, it is bond. Northerners do not say one thing and mean the other. How does he expect to Nigerians to believe his campaign promises if he can easily renege on them simply by claiming he is Yoruba man? He was in Adamawa praising Ribadu yesterday. I guess you will back in 2027 after the certain betrayal to claim that's the way of the Yoruba.

At least Tinubu has not betrayed Ribadu over the past 20 years of working with him. OBJ did not betray the North as a military man and a military Head of State. Forget about the betrayal nonsense.

How many times has the North betrayed other parts of Nigeria? How many times have the Fulanis betrayed various indigenous people of the North? Each time I hear "Sultan" or "Emir" in any part of the North, all I hear is betrayal, not conquest. Stop the pontification!!!

Even Buhari wanted to play a smart one on Tinubu and the SW APC in 2022. The North in 2022 still voted en masse for Atiku despite just concluding 8 years under Buhari.

Lastly, while El-rufai was vocal during the naira redesign, I am one of the people who felt that he never genuinely supported Tinubu. That partly explains why Tinubu performed poorly in Kaduna. In fact, Tinubu did better in Adamawa than in Kaduna. His worst performance or so in the North was in Kaduna. Yet, few weeks later, APC did very well in the state election.

DoTheNeedful:
At least Tinubu has not betrayed Ribadu over the past 20 years of working with him. OBJ did not betray the North as a military man and a military Head of State. Forget about the betrayal nonsense.

How many times has the North betrayed other parts of Nigeria? How many times have the Fulanis betrayed various indigenous people of the North? Each time I hear "Sultan" or "Emir" in any part of the North, all I hear is betrayal, not conquest. Stop the pontification!!!

Even Buhari wanted to play a smart one on Tinubu and the SW APC in 2022. The North in 2022 still voted en masse for Atiku despite just concluding 8 years under Buhari.

Lastly, while El-rufai was vocal during the naira redesign, I am one of the people who felt that he never genuinely supported Tinubu. That partly explains why Tinubu performed poorly in Kaduna. In fact, Tinubu did better in Adamawa than in Kaduna. His worst performance or so in the North was in Kaduna. Yet, few weeks later, APC did very well in the state election.

Lol. He betrayed Ribadu in 2011 by supporting Jonathan of the PDP. You will be back to claim the ones currently supporting him didn't support him once he wins. How many APC state governors delivered their states? APC had 21 governors in 2023 and Tinubu only won 12 states. Half of those 12 were not even APC-governed states. Did Tinubu deliver himself in his bourdillon polling unit in Lagos state, which he governed and in Osun where he originated from? Why expect Elrufai to do the impossible by marketing alcohol in the middle of Mecca? Tinubu was simply bad market in 2023 and it wasn't due to Elrufai. Tinubu got 400k votes in Kaduna and 500k votes in Kano. Aside Lagos which he lost to Obi, tell us one Southern state where he polled better numbers than that of Kaduna.

Don't go with this mentality in 2027. Having 30 governors will not make Tinubu win 30 states. Don't come back to say the governors worked against your tin-god. Not all of them will kill their people like in Rivers just to deliver your tin-god. It was simply an impossible task. Seyi Makinde will be joining the ADC, I guess it's safe to say that he will deliver his state to the ADC then. You see how that sounds?

Na dem dem Northerners. They are only interested in what concerns their region.
Wetin concern me for their Arewa fight?

Tinubu then was a kingmaker; he had just left as governor of Lagos State and wanted to support/sponsor the younger generation since it was the turn of the north. This was when Tinubu reached out to Nuhu Ribadu and adopted him as a candidate, and bad blood set in between Nuhu Ribadu and El-Rufai.

Man like Tinubu sha..

At 65 yrs is mallam Ribadu stil young? By the year 2031 when he is being taunted to be next president, how old will he be then?
So where is the younger version comparison btw him n El Rufai...
This man just won talk

Na El-Rufai and Ribadu get headline this period. Hmmm,. I smell something fishy

AMINDA:
The water carriers have been activated to rewrite history. Elrufai has never, I mean NEVER being in the camp of Tinubu until the APC merger talks began circa 2013 or so. Even then, he was in the Buhari CPC camp. You all can keep burying your heads in the sand as long as this video exists.

El-Rufai Releases Video When Tinubu Was Begging Him to Work with Him…. Bro, politics m@d gan o 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/f8jMn7Eb3a

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) February 17, 2026

they never said he was in his camp.....some of you on nairaland think you know these politicians.

Ribadu is going to win the fight . If hell roughian makes so much noise, he ll be jailed and heaven won’t fall.
The blood svcking midget is going to be spoken to in the language he understands whether clowns like Aminda likes it or not 😂😂

That Hausa is bond by their word is a blatant lie from the pit of hell.
I hope the one your political elites did to Wike through Tambuwal is still fresh in your brain, right?

AMINDA:
Noted. We learn everyday. In the North, once you give you word, it is bond. Northerners do not say one thing and mean the other. How does he expect Nigerians to believe his campaign promises if he can easily renege on them simply by claiming he is a Yoruba man? He was in Adamawa praising Ribadu yesterday. I guess you will be back in 2027 after the certain betrayal to claim that's the way of the Yoruba.

This matter appears to be an issue between El Rufai and the South West, they tribal-izing every thing.

AMINDA:
The water carriers have been activated to rewrite history. Elrufai has never, I mean NEVER being in the camp of Tinubu until the APC merger talks began circa 2013 or so. Even then, he was in the Buhari CPC camp. You all can keep burying your heads in the sand as long as this video exists.

El-Rufai Releases Video When Tinubu Was Begging Him to Work with Him…. Bro, politics m@d gan o 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/f8jMn7Eb3a

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) February 17, 2026

Well, elrufai will bury his head in the bowels of EFCC, his cup is full

Rather, it is people from the land of rising wailers that tribalize everything. Just go through the memory lane.

Chegesnd:
This matter appears to be an issue between El Rufai and the South West, they tribal-izing every thing.

January was for Fubara and Wike

February is now for Elrufai and Ribadu

But to the best of my memory, Elrufai was not in Tinubu's camp in 2007. So I don't see how that should affect his ego

Stop pandering to that guy pretending to be a Northerner... Rearrange the alphabets in his moniker like a scrabble player and you will see that it is likely to be a name for a completely different region.

How does I want you to work with me means that you must be a minister? There are other roles he could have been slotted into had he not been impatient and jumped ship at the first sight of resistance to his appointment.

I keep saying it, the perosn that saw through El Rufia and denied him that ministerial appointment deserves a pay raise, you do not want a toxic person like him working close to you.

To the next question that he usually would pop up by attaching that video, I will say the behaviour may have been noticed after he offered to support Tinubu's relection.

DoTheNeedful:
At least Tinubu has not betrayed Ribadu over the past 20 years of working with him. OBJ did not betray the North as a military man and a military Head of State. Forget about the betrayal nonsense.

How many times has the North betrayed other parts of Nigeria? How many times have the Fulanis betrayed various indigenous people of the North? Each time I hear "Sultan" or "Emir" in any part of the North, all I hear is betrayal, not conquest. Stop the pontification!!!

Even Buhari wanted to play a smart one on Tinubu and the SW APC in 2022. The North in 2022 still voted en masse for Atiku despite just concluding 8 years under Buhari.

Lastly, while El-rufai was vocal during the naira redesign, I am one of the people who felt that he never genuinely supported Tinubu. That partly explains why Tinubu performed poorly in Kaduna. In fact, Tinubu did better in Adamawa than in Kaduna. His worst performance or so in the North was in Kaduna. Yet, few weeks later, APC did very well in the state election.

The midget is very pained. Though, he actually worked well for Tinubu emergence but I think he should move on because he hands are dirty.
If Tinubu decides to make him a scapegoat, he can't do nothing. OBJ once dealt with Atiku, till today he's still chasing shadows.

AMINDA:
Noted. We learn everyday. In the North, once you give you word, it is bond. Northerners do not say one thing and mean the other. How does he expect Nigerians to believe his campaign promises if he can easily renege on them simply by claiming he is a Yoruba man? He was in Adamawa praising Ribadu yesterday. I guess you will be back in 2027 after the certain betrayal to claim that's the way of the Yoruba.

Do you know how many promises buhari failed to fulfil.

Why are these clowns spitting gibberish? Many of you were nowhere to be found and were largely irrelevant when El Rufai rooted for the failure called Tinubu.

DoTheNeedful:
At least Tinubu has not betrayed Ribadu over the past 20 years of working with him. OBJ did not betray the North as a military man and a military Head of State. Forget about the betrayal nonsense.

How many times has the North betrayed other parts of Nigeria? How many times have the Fulanis betrayed various indigenous people of the North? Each time I hear "Sultan" or "Emir" in any part of the North, all I hear is betrayal, not conquest. Stop the pontification!!!

Even Buhari wanted to play a smart one on Tinubu and the SW APC in 2022. The North in 2022 still voted en masse for Atiku despite just concluding 8 years under Buhari.

Lastly, while El-rufai was vocal during the naira redesign, I am one of the people who felt that he never genuinely supported Tinubu. That partly explains why Tinubu performed poorly in Kaduna. In fact, Tinubu did better in Adamawa than in Kaduna. His worst performance or so in the North was in Kaduna. Yet, few weeks later, APC did very well in the state election.

Ribadu was once a presidential in the same political party as Tinubu yet Tinubu's Lagos was won by Jonathan. There were reports Tinubu was heavily paid for PDP to win Lagos. Tell me if that wasn't betrayal.

valentineuwakwe:
At 65 yrs is mallam Ribadu stil young? By the year 2031 when he is being taunted to be next president, how old will he be then?
So where is the younger version comparison btw him n El Rufai...
This man just won talk

When you groom a “young” person, it does not mean you hand over the reigns to him immediately. You mentor him over years in preparation for the job ahead. It does not mean he will get the job as a young man. The truth is there is no young person on the scene right now equipped to run a country like Nigeria.

When you start a graduate trainee program and you are identified as a promising talent by your employers, it may take you another 20-30yrs before you become the MD but all your training, mentoring secondments, postings and assignments will be towards that goal because you have been identified as a bright prospect.

AMINDA:
Lol. He betrayed Ribadu in 2011 by supporting Jonathan of the PDP. You will be back to claim the ones currently supporting him didn't support him once he wins. How many APC state governors delivered their states? APC had 21 governors in 2023 and Tinubu only won 12 states. Half of those 12 were not even APC-governed states. Did Tinubu deliver himself in his bourdillon polling unit in Lagos state, which he governed and in Osun where he originated from? Why expect Elrufai to do the impossible by marketing alcohol in the middle of Mecca? Tinubu was simply bad market in 2023 and it wasn't due to Elrufai. Tinubu got 400k votes in Kaduna and 500k votes in Kano. Aside Lagos which he lost to Obi, tell us one Southern state where he polled better numbers than that of Kaduna.

Don't go with this mentality in 2027. Having 30 governors will not make Tinubu win 30 states. Don't come back to say the governors worked against your tin-god. Not all of them will kill their people like in Rivers just to deliver your tin-god. It was simply an impossible task. Seyi Makinde will be joining the ADC, I guess it's safe to say that he will deliver his state to the ADC then. You see how that sounds?

Oyo state. You can check the figure and compare it with Kaduna State

valentineuwakwe:
At 65 yrs is mallam Ribadu stil young? By the year 2031 when he is being taunted to be next president, how old will he be then?
So where is the younger version comparison btw him n El Rufai...
This man just won talk

Lol. Now I know must of you don't know history. Re read what was said sir. Ribadu was ocne the presidential candidate of Ac then, not now or later. Guess you never knew this?

Tinubu is a master strategist at testing loyalty... In 2011 at d last moment he switched support to GEJ despite his party fielding Ribadu.. yet Ribadu remained loyal.. just one small test El-rufai has lost composure.. Peter obi, Wike , atiku etc have a lot to learn from jagaban

AMINDA:
Noted. We learn everyday. In the North, once you give you word, it is bond. Northerners do not say one thing and mean the other. How does he expect Nigerians to believe his campaign promises if he can easily renege on them simply by claiming he is a Yoruba man? He was in Adamawa praising Ribadu yesterday. I guess you will be back in 2027 after the certain betrayal to claim that's the way of the Yoruba.

90 percent of Nigeria insecurities and division problem today are caused and perpetrated by hausa/Fulani Muslims killing innocent souls especially in the middle belt and southern Kaduna even after reciting Nigeria pledge to be faithful,loyal and honest,which betrayer is greater than this.

Elrufai is a toxic human being. Why is he fighting his best friend? Only time will tell.