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How North Can Rescue Nigeria in 2027, El-Rufai Reveals
– Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has urged political leaders across Nigeria, particularly in the North, to form strategic alliances ahead of the 2027 general elections to “rescue” the country.
Speaking during a condolence visit to the family of the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, el-Rufai emphasized the need for renewed political cooperation between the North and the South-South, as was the case in previous decades
According to the former governor, the call became necessary to “save” Nigeria which presently “needs a rescue operation”.
His comment is coming in the wake of speculations that el-Rufai has been working to pitch his political tent elsewhere.
He said: “In the 60s, 70s and 80s, the traditional political partners of the north was the south-south. Let us not forget that. Let us go back to that. Let us save this country because it really requires saving. We need a rescue operation”.
El-Rufai, who was led to the condolence visit by Atiku Abubakar, said the former vice-president deserves credit for spearheading economic reforms during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
Segun Showunmi, a former spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar campaign organisation, said the meeting was to strategise ahead of the 2027 elections.
Since he fell out with the APC and the President Bola Tinubu administration, el-Rufai has been meeting members of opposition parties in recent weeks.
In January, he met with Hamza Al-Mustapha, ex-aide to late Sani Abacha; Shehu Gabam, national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PDP); and other politicians in the nation’s capital