The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai to the cleaners, describing him as an epitome of self-interested politician, blinded by ego, driven by untamed emotion, and brimming with a vengeful desire to collapse the system.
The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, dismissed a deviation from founding values or progressive ideology as El-Rufai’s excuses for leaving the party.
He said the former governor’s reason to leave the APC was just a smokescreen to weaponize personal grievance.
The ruling party noted that El-Rufai appeared traumatized by his failure to land a ministerial position, stressing that nursing a bruised ego, he has stopped at nothing in lashing out at the platform he rode to political prominence.
“El-Rufai is free to choose his political affiliation as he has done, quit sulking, get a grip and salvage some respectability.
“His claim that he exited because the party had deviated from its founding values or progressive ideology is a smokescreen to weaponize personal grievance garbed as principled dissent.
“El-Rufai appears traumatized by his failure to land a ministerial position. Nursing a bruised ego, he now lashes out at the platform on which he rode to political prominence.
APC’s commitment to its founding values and ideals remains as valid and progressive today as they were then. El-Rufai’s allegation of a drift from our Party’s founding values exists only in his foggy imagination.
“Assuming that matters of political conviction had anything to do with his exit, exactly how is the Social Democratic Party (SDP), El-Rufai’s new political abode, an ideological safe haven?
“El-Rufai’s call for opposition members to join him under the SDP banner is nothing short of an invitation to drink from a chalice poisoned by selfishness, vengefulness and delusion of grandeur. Nigerians are far more savvy than El-Rufai thinks, and they know that he is driven by raw self-interest rather than a genuine concern for the country,” the statement read.
Morka added: “Our great party is unfazed by El-Rufai’s grudge-laden tirade. We continue to welcome millions of new members across the country, who are joining to identify with the party’s lofty values and support President Tinubu’s bold and transformative policies now birthing sustainable growth and prosperity for our country.
“El-Rufai’s claim that Tinubu has failed is as outrageous as it is bogus, and a gross distortion of the reality on the ground. Across all sectors, Nigerians are witnessing tangible progress in the delivery of the President’s campaign promises. Indisputably, Nigeria is better off today than when he took office.”
The party enumerated President Tinubu’s achievements, noting: “Nigerians are in no doubt about President Tinubu’s uncompromising commitment to economic reform, good governance, and improving the welfare of Nigerians. Rather than engaging in scurrilous propaganda and deliberate misinformation, El-Rufai should offer constructive criticism or alternative policies as expected of serious-minded political opposition. His misleading rhetoric and personal attacks on the President are reprehensible and calculated to undermine the country’s progress.”
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