I no longer believe in Buhari’s leadership – El-Rufai

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, says he does not believe in the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Newsflash Nigeria had reported that governor El-Rufai had raised the alarm that some elements in the presidency were working against the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

El-Rufai said this on Channels Television last week over the recent cash policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

The governor, who vowed that those in Tinubu’s camp would defeat the cabals, said they would be unmasked in due time.

El-Rufai alleged that some persons in the presidency who backed another aspirant during the APC primary election were using Buhari to actualize their plans.

Similarly, in a snippet of an interview published by Premium Times on Sunday said he does not believe in the “quality of decisions” taken by those around President Muhammadu Buhari.

 “I believe in Buhari. I still do and I will never stop believing in him. But I no longer believe in the circle around him and the quality of decisions and actions coming out of that leadership,” the Kaduna governor said.

El-Rufai’s comment comes amid the controversy over the naira redesign policy.

On February 1, the Kaduna governor said there are saboteurs in Buhari’s administration working towards the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential election.

“Most of the people in the villa are not members of our party. I believe there are elements in the villa that want us to lose the election because they didn’t have their way,” el-Rufai had said.

“They had their candidates, and their candidates didn’t win the primaries and I think they are still trying to get us to lose the election and they are hiding behind the president’s desire to do what he thinks is right.”

Meanwhile, in a ruling on a suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states on the naira redesign policy, the supreme court had temporarily restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the February 10 deadline on the old naira notes.

Hours before the supreme court ruling, the Kaduna governor asked traders in the state to continue to use the old naira notes for their transactions.

He added that Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, will review the naira redesign policy if elected.

Over the past few days, Nigerians across the country have been battling the scarcity of new naira notes — a development that has led to queues at banking halls and automated teller machine (ATM) points.

The development, coupled with the petrol shortage, has also led to protests in parts of the country.

Some APC members, including Tinubu, believe that the crisis was designed by fifth columnists in the party in order to scuttle the APC’s chances in the presidential poll.

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