On Wednesday, February 26, the Northern Patriots Forum (NPF), criticised the former governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, for attacking President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his administration.
El-Rufai had, during his interview on Arise Television on Monday, February 24, accused President Tinubu and National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of orchestrating his failed ministerial nomination.
The embattled former governor specifically stated that it was President Tinubu who did not want him in his cabinet, and not any security report, while also accusing the NSA of fighting him due to his (Ribadu) presidential ambition in 2031.
In a statement made available to TimesNow.com.ng on Wednesday, signed by its Coordinator, Captain Monday Ishakwu, the Northern Patriot Forum said El-Rufai lacked the moral right to attack President Tinubu in such a manner, having failed woefully in his 8-year administration as Kaduna governor.
The Forum acknowledged that, President Tinubu’s outings as president in less than two years, have recorded more trophies than the 8 year’s misrule of Governor El-Rufai.
The group warned Mallam El-Rufai, urging him to guide his utterances.
The Forum opined that it was his mouth and conducts as Kaduna state governor that made him unpopular politically in the north, and discredited him nationally and internationally, including his failed ministerial ambition.
In a related development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Nasir El-Rufai criticised President Bola Tinubu over his appointments.
El-Rufai accused President Tinubu of appointing his boys from Lagos state into political offices since assuming office.
He said there is still time for President Tinubu to correct it, but there is palpable anger in the north.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
