Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai has stated that he never had any personal or political relationship with President Bola Tinubu, insisting that their paths were never destined to align.
El-Rufai, who is a chieftain of the coalition-led African Democratic Congress, ADC, who made the remarks in a television interview, dismissed claims that he and Tinubu were once friends or political allies.
The former governor explained that his involvement in Tinubu’s 2023 presidential bid was not driven by personal loyalty but by political principle and party discipline within the All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to him, his support was anchored on an understanding within the party that power will shift to the South after eight years of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
