By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo

Kaduna- Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai has said that he sought for the permission of former President Muhammadu Buhari before he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, monitored by our correspondent in Kaduna on Thursday.

According to him, there was nothing he does without seeking the consent and advice of Buhari.

He said “the APC has derailed, the party is no longer abiding by its founding principles.E veryone is working for themselves, looking for money. The government is commercialised, everything has a price tag. Justice has been kept at bay, those who worked for the party were ignored instead of being compensated. If there is any position or appointment, they give it to a Lagos boy ,etc.”

“That is why we’ve been speaking, we spoke, we said this is not the party we know. The party is dead. I said the only option is for me to meet Pastor Tunde Bakare, because he dragged me into APC. He took me to Buhari. I did not join the APC because of Buhari, it was Pastor Bakare who dragged me to APC and courtesy demands I should let him know .”

” Buhari too,I told him I was leaving the party, I sought his blessings and prayers. He said he has given me his blessings and prayers. We are the ones in politics, he (Buhari) is now father of the land and has been praying for us, so what remains?”

“I’ve publicly denounced my membership of the party, they can go and hold on to the party, they can eat the party alone like food,we’ve given up.”

Asked if he decided to leave the party to avoid been expelled, El-Rufa’i said it would have been much better for him being expelled from the APC.

“That would’ve been much easier for me.But look at it,as I kept on saying I did not leave the party, it’s the party that dumped me.Why did it left me? First of all, I was marginalized, not involved in all party activities. Not that I was invited and refused to honour the invite, I was completely sidelined. “




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