
Immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai has sworn to high heaven that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 election for second term inspite of what people think are his strength and advantages.
“He can deceive himself; he may think, oh, you know, I have money, because they have taken all the money in the country; I have INEC, I have the police, I have the army.
“You know what? President Tinubu (should) invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for a chat, and ask him if he didn’t have all these in 2015, and we got him out. Is the case still the same? Similar to 2015? It’s worse.
“It’s like those who say Tinubu has never lost an election. That can be contested, but it’s okay. He’s a political strategist, he’s this, he’s that. Wait.
“I naturally have said, if you want to learn some lessons, invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for a chat over coffee, and ask him what happened in 2015. That’s all.”
Nasiru El-Rufai spoke during an interview with Channels Television. He is one of the key players in the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The former Kaduna State Governor emphasized that the Incumbent president will come third in his bid to win and return for the second term, based on the analysis he had made.
“Tinubu will be third in the 2027 election. I have done my maths and I can tell you Tinubu has no pathway to win. The worst case scenario is that there will not be any winner in the first ballot.
“Ask yourself, is your life better now under President Tinubu?”
“I was governor of Kaduna state; I was one of Bola Tinubu’s biggest campaigners, but I couldn’t deliver the state to him.
“Bola Tinubu himself couldn’t win his state with his own governor in place. So, these things are not as theoretical as people want them to be.
“If you want to engage in self-delusion, you are free to do so. I will not tell you how we are going to win, but I tell you very clearly — the worst-case scenario in the 2027 elections is that no winner will emerge in the first round.
“We may have to go for a runoff, and Bola Tinubu will not be on the ballot for the runoff, because he will, at best, be third in the election.
“He has no pathway to win. I have done the maths, I have done the analysis; he cannot — he will, at best, be third.”