The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has opened up about the reason why a merger was formed to remove Goodluck Jonathan from power in 2015.
Recall that during Jonathan’s time in power, political parties merged to form what is today known as the All Progressives Congress (APC).
El-Rufai was one of the political leaders who formed the APC and watched President Muhammadu Buhari, whose government is widely criticised as the most clueless, rule for eight years without complaining.
Speaking during an appearance on Arise News on Monday evening, the former Kaduna governor stated that Jonathan was removed from power for three reasons.
He said, “The reason why the Jonathan coalition came up was as a result of two developments.
“First, the feeling that Jonathan was not governing the country very well. Second, Jonathan made a commitment not to run in 2015, so he had problems even within his own party.
“The third was simply we realized, those of us in small parties, opposition parties at the time, CPC, NPP, ACN, we realized that unless we came together, step by step, election cycle after election cycle, the PDP will be destroying us in bits and pieces.
“So it was an act of self preservation in the first instance for the political parties. That’s why three major political parties decided we must come together.
“There was of course, the feeling that, you know, Jonathan was doing a bad job. Let’s get him out. I don’t think it has anything to do with north or south.”