The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has dismissed insinuations that a key member of the coalition, Nasir El-Rufai poses a threat to the President’s reelection in 2027.
Dare insisted that El-Rufai has no electoral value, stressing that there are other opposition members who can command better votes.
Recently, El-Rufai had teamed up with the opposition coalition which adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as its platform.
El-Rufai had said the coalition’s main target is to ensure Tinubu loses his reelection bid in 2027.
However, featuring on Mic On podcast with Seun Okinbaloye on Saturday, El-Rufai said Tinubu’s reforms would secure him a second term.
Dare said: “Is El-Rufai 110 million Nigerians who will vote? How many voters does el-Rufai command? Even if he commands them, can he decide who they will cast their vote for?
”;I have respect for him, but this idea to equate El-Rufai with Nigeria and millions of votes is an overreach.”;
He said there are politicians who “command larger votes, better influence, and are key to the transformation taking place in this country.
“El-Rufai is not bigger than any other Nigerian because everybody has a stake in the country,”; he said
