The recent declaration by
the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El Rufai over rotation arrangement
for the top seat in the nation may have come under contemptuous circumstances.
This is as information available indicates the Governor of Kaduna State finds
himself enmeshed in a latent battle with the cabal within the Presidency
against the 2023 presidential ticket.
Governor El Rufai who was once considered a darling of the cabal
within the presidency has fallen out of favour. This is following the supposed
success scored by the President’s men at the electoral polls – of which
Governor El Rufai played a prominent role with the believe the position of
Chief of Staff was reserved for him.
El Rufai was promised the position by President Muhammadu
Buhari.
However, the victory at the polls changed the power play at the
presidency. Many within the cabal began to view El Rufai as a potential threat
who may not be a team player once bestowed with the power of the President.
With this realization, the cabal turned their campaign against El Rufai – and
coerced President Buhari out of appointing him as Chief of Staff.
With the announcement of Abba Kyari as the Chief of Staff for the second
term, a protest against the appointment followed spontaneously in Abuja. The
protesters accused the presidency of recycling failed personnel back in the
presidency. The protest was financed by Governor El Rufai.
The protest further
worsened the situation between the presidency and the Kaduna Governor. The
cabal effectively shut the door on El Rufai. They virtually blocked all access
to the President. They shut him out. He could no longer communicate or see the
President.
For the ministerial appointments – which are usually sought from
Governors of each state in the federation to nominate candidates – Governor El
Rufai was bypassed. He was not asked to nominate ministerial candidates for the
slot of Kaduna State. The cabal nominated their choice candidates – in an
effort to further truncate El Rufai’s political reach.
El Rufai’s original plan was to pair up with the Governor of
Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi for the presidential run in 2023 under the
All Progressive Congress [APC]. He had vehemently detested working with the
Bola Tinubu or Vice President Yemi Osibanjo. Governor El Rufai had already
launched a quiet cross country tour to install the required structure to
execute a presidential campaign. Our source indicates El Rufai had toured
almost the entire 36 states. This was before the cabal turned the wrench.
Abba Kyari who is unsettled owing to the attempt to remove him
from the seat of Chief of Staff, has in effect, upped the war against El Rufai.
Abba Kyari, according to our source pencilled the name of the former Universal
Basic Education Commission [UBEC] Chairman – Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar – as
one of the ministerial candidates from Kaduna State. Abba Kyari’s intention is
to position Dr. Mahmood Abubakar as the APC choice for gubernatorial candidate
against the supposed El Rufai choice [the current deputy Governor].
On the presidential aspect,
the cabals understands the role played by El Rufai in the electoral victory of
2019 for President Buhari. “He virtually supervised the
electoral anomalies”. They also understand the enormous power
imbedded in the Chief of Staff office. In their take, the Chief of Staff is
nearly as powerful as the President. For this reason, they felt uneasy having
‘power hungry’ politician in the person of El Rufai at the seat. El Rufai, in
his calculation, knew that as a chief of staff he could easily grab the
Presidential ticket of the APC.
Not to be caught off guard, the Abba Kyari led cabal shut the
door on El Rufai. Unverified but credible information indicates some
discussions with anti-graft agencies have commenced on reopening old case files
on alleged financial crimes – particularly on El Rufai’s cabinet members.
The media team to the Governor of Kaduna State was reached for a
response but they did not respond.
Source: 247ureports.com
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