El-Rufai is Overrated, Can’t Influence 2027 Election – Mahdi Shehu

Public affairs commentator Mahdi Shehu has dismissed former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai as overrated, over-pampered and politically spent.

Speaking in an interview on Symfoni TV, Shehu described El-Rufai’s appointment as Deputy Director-General of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as mere cosmetics and a media spectacle that may add no actual worth to the celebration.

He insisted that El-Rufai has misplaced political relevance and lacks the capability to affect the end result of the 2027 basic elections, whatever the place handed to him by the ADC.“El-Rufai has been overrated and over-pampered. His appointment as deputy DG is just cosmetics. He can’t influence the 2027 elections. People have been deeply assaulted by El-Rufai’s inhuman economic policies,” Shehu declared.

Shehu recalled the hardship endured by Nigerians, significantly residents of Kaduna State, below El-Rufai’s administration. He cited mass demolitions of homes, the sacking of civil servants and lecturers, and excessive taxes as examples of what he known as inhuman and anti-people insurance policies.

According to him, Nigerians haven’t forgotten the ache of that interval, making it not possible for El-Rufai to return in 2027 and efficiently ask the identical individuals to vote for the ADC.

Shehu additional argued that El-Rufai possesses no electoral worth and can’t even ship Kaduna State for the ADC, not to mention form the presidential contest.

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