The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State; Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate; and their African Democratic Congress (ADC) supporters for allegedly attempting to undermine the presidential rotational principle designed to promote national unity and cohesion in the country.
At a meeting in Sokoto on Saturday, August 2, 2025, the APC responded to El-Rufai’s attack on President Bola Tinubu’s administration as incompetent, clannish, and undeserving of a second term by stating that El-Rufai and Atiku pose a clear and present threat to Nigeria’s unity, peace, and growth.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC stated, “It is now clear to all Nigerians that El-Rufai and his cohorts in ADC are on a mission to upend the presidential rotational principle designed to promote national unity and cohesion in the country by imposing Atiku as ADC’s presidential candidate in the middle of a Southern presidency rotation.”
“It was Atiku’s selfish and obstinate refusal to respect the rotation principle during the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election that directly resulted in the PDP’s virtual extinction.”
El-Rufai and Atiku want to do to Nigeria what Atiku has done to the PDP. El-Rufai, Atiku, and the hijacked ADC pose an obvious and immediate threat to Nigeria’s unity, peace, and growth.”
The APC criticized El-Rufai, claiming that after his unsuccessful bid for a ministerial job, he has fallen into a political tailspin, and that his rapid descent from commanding heights to the political clown he has become requires rigorous investigation.
The party further stated that his criticism on President Bola Tinubu’s administration as incompetent, clannish, and unworthy of a second term during a meeting in Sokoto on Saturday, August 2, 2025, is just another outburst of a waspish politician.
“El-Rufai and his African Democratic Congress (ADC) colleagues are the most confused, stupid, rudderless, and wretched opposition politicians our nation has ever seen.
They contribute nothing to the political table other than their inflated ego, outrageous entitlement mindset, obscene desperation, and predatory presidential dreams.
“Beyond baseless headline attacks on the current administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC), El-Rufai and his cohorts have not presented and, quite frankly, cannot present policy prescriptions with the potential for greater effectiveness than those already being implemented by the Tinubu administration, with strong indicators of success.”
“In acknowledgment of the urgency and gravity of the country’s economic issues, all three major presidential candidates in the 2023 election campaigned to eliminate gasoline subsidies and harmonize different foreign exchange regimes.
President Tinubu quickly executed policy reforms following his election and inauguration, as promised.
“After their crushing defeat at the polls, Atiku and Obi, seemingly, recanted their policy reform positions in order to justify sitting shamelessly at the table of hypocrisy and hurling invectives at President Tinubu and APC for implementing reform policies they also promised Nigerians.”
The party went on to say that if El-Rufai and his cohorts dislike the administration’s policy reforms as much as they claim, “why have they not presented policy proposals to restore fuel subsidies as they were and return the country to the ruinous era of fixing the naira’s value and operating multiple foreign exchange regimes that fed the greedy and insatiable appetite of the likes of El-Rufai, Atiku, Obi, and Rotimi Amaechi for decades?”
And, while they’re at it, explain to Nigerians how they plan to finance the resulting enormous deficit, which would cause the economy to collapse.
“El-Rufai’s allegations are as deceptive as they are false. With a steady rebound in our economy and other indicators of verifiable progress in all sectors, including the ongoing revolution in agriculture; a high-performing stock exchange market; improved power generation and transmission; increased oil production at nearly 1.8 million barrels per day; consistent trade surpluses; unprecedented infrastructural development – with 420 roads and bridges underway; strategic retooling of our military capabilities with 49 advanced aircrafts; unprecedented NE
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According to the APC, El-Rufai’s rejection as a minister does not substantiate his claim of clannishness against the administration.
“A foolish remark like that can only originate from someone who arrogantly equates his personal interests with those of an entire ethnic nationality.
President Tinubu is without a doubt one of the most detribalised and patriotic Nigerians alive. No tribe, ethnicity, or religious group has been excluded, as El-Rufai would have Nigerians think.
“For a former governor who left a sordid legacy of obnoxious marginalisation of ethnic and religious minorities in Southern Kaduna, who sponsored sectarian violence and weaponised demolitions against innocent citizens; and hung a debt profile of N284 billion on tax payers, according to the Debt Management Office (DMO), El-Rufai is the poster child of bad governance and failed leadership,” the party declared.
The APC praised President Tinubu’s administration, stating, “Nigeria is witnessing an era of visionary and transformational leadership under President Bola Tinubu.”
The administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda has fundamentally repositioned our country for long-term growth and prosperity.
“We are confident that Nigerians will sustain their support for our great party and renew President Tinubu’s mandate come 2027, to consolidate on what now looks to be the most outstanding first term record of achievement of any president in our nation’s history.”
