Tinubu May Become ‘Nigeria’s Paul Biya’ If Not Voted Out In 2027 – El-Rufai

Former Kaduna State politician Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has warned that President Bola Tinubu’s medication is tilting towards authoritarianism. He compares the president’s benignant of governance to that of the sit-tight Cameroonian person Paul Biya.

El-Rufai made the remarks connected Saturday evening erstwhile helium received erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who paid him a solidarity sojourn pursuing a caller onslaught connected him by “suspected APC-sponsored thugs” during the inauguration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) successful Kaduna State.

In his remarks, El-Rufai described the Tinubu authorities arsenic a disgrace to antiauthoritarian ideals, accusing it of centralising powerfulness alternatively than deepening federalism.

“Honestly, sir, to me, it is adjacent a disgrace. For radical to behave the mode they are, it means that each the years of saying that we are for ideology and NADECO, each the claims that we are warring for existent federalism, and truthful on—it was each a pretence, each fake again. Because this authorities (Tinubu’s administration) is trying to centralise everything alternatively of devolving powerfulness to the little levels,” helium said.

He further warned that if Nigerians bash not unite to extremity Tinubu’s medication astatine the polls successful 2027, the president mightiness effort to perpetuate himself successful powerfulness similar Cameroon’s President Paul Biya.

“The full of this is that we are facing an evil of specified a ample proportionality successful the past of this state that if we don’t travel unneurotic and extremity this Tinubu medication by 2027, Tinubu volition effort to beryllium our Paul Biya. All the signs are there, this is however Paul Biya started,” El-Rufai added.

Praising his guest, Atiku’s relation successful Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian struggles, the erstwhile politician said Nigerians were counting connected his acquisition and enactment to rally the opposition.

“You (Atiku Abubakar) are our leader. You person done this combat before, fought the military, and person acquisition successful antiauthoritarian governance. And erstwhile you and Obasanjo were successful complaint of this country, nary 1 was being harassed due to the fact that they had a antithetic governmental view, never, not once. Even President Buhari, with his subject background, ne'er did that, and present we are facing full-fledged civilians, but they are worse than immoderate subject authorities we’ve ever had.

“Your telephone that we indispensable unite is simply a timely one. I deliberation the radical of Nigeria person decided that APC indispensable beryllium voted out. Nigerians are looking guardant to his (Tinubu’s) ouster. We indispensable supply the enactment and the unity of intent that we person discussed, and past I americium definite with your leadership, forbearance and diplomatic skills of bringing radical together, we volition scope the Promised Land,” El-Rufai said.

Responding, Atiku applauded El-Rufai’s courageousness and urged absorption leaders to stay focused connected ensuring that the Tinubu medication was checked and yet voted retired done the ballot box.

“Anyway, I cognize you are not the benignant of idiosyncratic who is frightened to face this situation, the much crushed wherefore we should travel unneurotic to face this concern to marque definite that, one, it doesn’t hap anymore during the remaining portion of this administration, and secondly, similar you said, we nonstop them retired by 2027, not done immoderate different happening other but done the ballot box,” Atiku stated.