Tinubu doesn’t intend to extend his tenure beyond 2031  —  Presidency replies El-Rufai

By Bayo Wahab

The Presidency has dismissed claims by erstwhile Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is seeking to marque himself a “life president,” insisting that the President has nary program to stay successful bureau beyond 2031 if re-elected.

El-Rufai, speaking implicit the weekend, had urged erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar to rally Nigerians against President Tinubu successful 2027, alleging that the existent medication is centralising powerfulness alternatively of devolving it to the little levels.

“If we don’t travel unneurotic and extremity this Tinubu medication by 2027, Tinubu volition effort to beryllium our Paul Biya, to beryllium president for life. All the signs are there, this is however Paul Biya started,” El-Rufai said.

Reacting successful a connection connected Sunday, statesmanlike spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, described El-Rufai’s remarks arsenic “unfounded claims and speculations.”

He said, “It is progressively evident that El-Rufai has recognised the futility of attempts by his associates successful his caller enactment to forestall President Tinubu’s apt re-election successful 2027. This crippled is proving to beryllium unattainable, a ngo doomed to fail.”

Onanuga noted that President Tinubu’s popularity remains strong, particularly successful the North, citing the reception helium received successful Kaduna past Friday.

According to Onanuga, El-Rufai “resorted to spreading further unfounded stories, including the assertion that President Tinubu intends to go a ‘life president’ due to the fact that of Tinubu’s reception successful the Northwest state.

“This stands successful stark opposition to El-Rufai’s communicative that the portion has abandoned the President,” helium said.

The Presidency further dismissed El-Rufai’s proposition of a program for tenure elongation arsenic “baseless and absurd.”

Onanuga stressed, “President Tinubu is simply a politician who does not mean to enactment successful bureau beyond May 28, 2031, erstwhile re-elected successful 2027.”

He added that Governor Uba Sani mightiness request to scope retired to his predecessor, arsenic “El-Rufai could payment from immoderate nonrecreational counselling to steer him distant from his caller hallucinations and governmental fabrications connected Tinubu and 2027.”

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