APC: El-Rufai Blinded By Ego, Untamed Emotions, States It’s Unfazed By His Tirade
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The All Progressives Party (APC) has said former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was blinded by ego, driven by untamed emotion, and brimming with a vengeful desire to “collapse the system.”
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, stated this in a statement, yesterday, while reacting to the recent interview that El-Rufai granted BBC Hausa.
El-Rufai had said in the interview that APC has deviated from the progressive ideals of its founders, and turned into a party where “everyone is now pursuing personal interests…”
He noted: “Today, El-Rufai stands diminished as the epitome of a self-interested politician, blinded by ego, driven by untamed emotion, and brimming with a vengeful desire to collapse the system.
“In his BBC interview under reference, El-Rufai supplied the real reason for his soreness, stating that he was disappointed by the way he was treated by President Bola Tinubu and his administration, in ostensible reference to his failed ministerial bid.”
Morka added that his claim that he exited APC because the party had deviated from its founding values or progressive ideology was a smokescreen to weaponise personal grievance garbed as principled dissent.
“El-Rufai’s appears traumatised 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,” Morka said.
The spokesperson stressed that APC’s commitment to its founding values and ideals remained as valid and progressive today as they were then.
Morka emphasised El-Rufai’s allegation of a drift from 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.
“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.”
Morka was of the opinion that El-Rufai’s claim that Tinubu has failed was as outrageous, bogus, and a gross distortion of the reality on the ground.
He stressed that across all sectors, Nigerians were witnessing tangible progress in the delivery of the president’s campaign promises, while maintaining that Nigeria was better off today than when he took office.
