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Nasir El-Rufai has opened up on his relationship with President Bola Tinubu, saying they were never close as he was affiliated with former President Muhammadu Buhari.
While appearing on Arise TV’s Prime Time on Monday, El-Rufai disclosed that his support for Tinubu during the 2023 election was in the interest of party unity.
The former Kaduna Governor added that while Tinubu had his ‘boys’, Buhari also had his and they were known as ‘Buharists’.
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“Personally, Bola Tinubu was never someone I was close to, even in the party. In the party, I was a Buhari boy; Bola [Tinubu] had his boys, and Buhari had his boys; we are ‘Buharists’, and no apologies.
“Tinubu never really liked me, and we never got along. The person I got along with was Baba Akande, and as his deputy national secretary, we were among the first leaders of the party.
As far as I was concerned, once Tinubu got the ticket, it became my duty as a party man to do my best to deliver in Kaduna and solve problems,” El-Rufai said.
