El-Rufai has revealed that President Tinubu dumped him after begging him to be Minister.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that Nuhu Ribadu, President Bola Tinubu did not want him in his cabinet.
El-Rufai who made this comment while speaking on Arise TV on Monday night, February 24, 2025, said the National Assembly did not reject him because of a security report from the Department of State Services (DSS) as widely reported.
Speaking on Arise TV, El-Rufai said, “Forget what you read. The National Assembly did not reject me. President Bola Tinubu changed his mind about working with me.
“The security thing was a good excuse they used.
“Since then, has anyone released that report telling us the security issue?
“Look, I was minister 20 years ago. I don’t need to be in politics. I have a private life.
“Tinubu appealed to me and begged me. He threw me a challenge that no president has sorted out electricity problems. He said you and I can do it. it was the challenge that made me accept it.
“I had the opportunity to serve my country. The person that gave me took it back and that is not a problem.”
Watch the video of El-Rufai speaking on Arise TV below…
Elrufai: “The president begged me publicly to come and serve in his government. After two months of negotiations, we finally agreed that he would nominate me as minister. I think along the line, either the president changed his mind. Please don’t believe the story that the NASS… pic.twitter.com/14KUYs8W7s
— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) February 24, 2025
