El-Rufai: some people in Aso Rock working against Tinubu's presidency

• Published date: 01 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said alleged some elements in Ask Rock are working against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He spoke on Wednesday while fielding questions on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily programme.

Tinubu, during his rally in Ogun State, alleged some fifth columnists in government using the fuel and new naira notes crisis to sabotage the party's electoral chances.

Few days after his outburst, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele extended the deadline of phasing out the old naira notes.

El-Rufai said the saboteurs in Aso Rock were those whose candidates lost at the party's presidential primary and are still bitter.

He said they were ganging up against Tinubu's victory at the February 25 poll.

He said: 'I believe there are elements in the Villa that want us to lose the election because they didn't get their way; they had their candidate. Their candidate did not win the primaries.

'They are trying to get us to lose the election and they are hiding behind the president's desire to do what he thinks is right.

'I will give two examples: this petroleum subsidy, which is costing the...