Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday declared that the opposition coalition will ensure President Bola Tinubu is voted out of office in the 2027 general elections.
Speaking at the Arewa TechFest in Katsina, El-Rufai, a prominent chieftain of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), vowed that Tinubu would be removed from power while the current Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, would be retained in the next administration for his commendable performance.
“Yesterday at 8 PM, there was a very important meeting of the coalition we’re putting together to ensure that President Tinubu goes back to Lagos,” El-Rufai stated. “Though we will still keep Bosun Tijani, we will still keep the minister because he is doing good work.”
The former governor’s remarks came on the heels of reports that he, along with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and other key opposition figures, met on Tuesday night to finalise the formation of a broad opposition alliance.
Sources who spoke to DAILY POST confirmed that the coalition has been established and will be officially unveiled in the coming weeks. The initiative, reportedly spearheaded by Atiku, is aimed at unseating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and reclaiming power in the next presidential election.
El-Rufai’s open declaration marks one of the most direct statements yet from a high-profile political figure indicating the scale and seriousness of the opposition’s preparations ahead of the 2027 polls.
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