Barely two days after the former governor of Kaduna state Malam Nasir El-rufai joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP), crisis has erupted in the party as the National Secretary Olu Ogunloye has raised the alarm over move to remove him from office by people loyal to El-rufai.
Olu Agunloye, is reported to have petitioned Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun over the alleged plot to force him out of office by people promoting the interest of the former Kaduna state governor.
According to a publication by an online news platform, The Cable, Agunloye said “I petitioned the IG about a person who forged letterhead paper and is threatening me to resign.”
El-Rufai officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday and joined the SDP after months of strategic discussions with opposition leaders.
A vocal critic of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, El-Rufai’s relationship with the APC soured after the Senate declined to confirm his ministerial nomination. In February, he claimed that Tinubu deliberately kept him out of the cabinet, dismissing reports that the National Assembly rejected him.
In his resignation statement, El-Rufai vowed to unite opposition forces against the APC, stating, “As a member of the SDP, I will focus on engaging with and persuading other opposition leaders and parties to join us and congregate under a unified democratic platform to challenge the APC in all elections and bye-elections between now and 2027 by the Grace of God.”
He also called on his supporters and Nigerians seeking political change to join the SDP, describing it as a platform for national transformation.
