A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that plans are underway to unseat President Bola Tinubu and send him back to Lagos in the 2027 presidential elections.
Speaking on Wednesday at the second edition of the Arewa Tech Fest in Katsina, El-Rufai revealed that a coalition of opposition forces is being formed and actively working to unseat the President.
He said: “They (the organising team) had to come without me because yesterday (Tuesday) at 8pm, there was a very important meeting of the coalition we’re putting together to ensure that President Tinubu goes back to Lagos.”
However, despite his firm stance against Tinubu, El-Rufai commended the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, who is serving under the current administration, saying the minister would be retained in the next government for his performance.
He said: “Though we will still keep Bosun Tijani, we will still keep the minister because he is doing good work.”
El-Rufai, dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in March 2025.
The former founding member of the APC, is now a key member of the opposition SDP and working alongside the former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, to form a coalition of different political parties against President Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
El-Rufai also explained that his delayed arrival at the event was due to the political meeting, noting:
“I had to attend that meeting at 8pm. The Katsina airport does not operate after 8pm, so I could not come until this morning.”
