WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The Presidency has reacted to the defection of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP. El-Rufai, a founding member of the ruling party, announced his defection in a statement on Monday amid speculation about his presidential ambition. Reacting, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Policy, Daniel Bwala, wrote in a post on his official X handle: “The MOTIVE is what we will interrogate in the coming days and remind Nigerians that you are not a phenomenon that emerged like a clap of thunder out of a blue sky. “We will intellectually remind you that associating with sore losers to unseat the incumbent is not an IDEOLOGY, neither is it PROGRESSIVISM; it is simply an inordinate AMBITION that is destined to fail.” The presidential aide, however, stated that he had nothing against the former governor, as he had merely exercised his “constitutional right.”
Inordinate ambition destined to fail – Presidency reacts to El-Rufai’s defection to SDP
