A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State, Bashir Jamoh, on Thursday disclosed that the party still consults former governor Nasir El-Rufai and he offers his advise without any charge.
Jamoh also said the Kaduna state chapter of APC was yet to part ways with El-Rufai despite his involvement with the opposition coalition-backed African Democratic Congress, APC.
A few months ago, El-Rufai dumped the APC, citing lack of internal democracy under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The former governor moved to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, before joining the opposition coalition which adopted the ADC.
However, Jamoh who is a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, insisted that El-Rufai is still a card-carrying member of APC.
Addressing journalists in Kaduna, Jamoh said: “We are yet to reach the point where we will say farewell to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Forget about the politics.
“When we need his advice, we consult him, and he offers his contributions free of charge.
“You cannot disown your child of eight years. He was governor for eight years under the APC.
“Even when he was in the PDP and later the CPC, which merged into the APC, he contributed to the building of this party.”