Daniel Bwala, the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, has stated that former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai would not win a Senate seat if he contested.
Bwala made this statement during an interview with TVC News on Thursday, following El-Rufai’s recent criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some members of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
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In the interview, Bwala explained that El-Rufai’s political influence was largely due to his association with strong, revolutionary leaders, and he argued that the former governor does not have the ability to destabilize President Tinubu’s position.
“Although El-Rufai is still in the APC, you treat him like a brother. I’m aware of his grandstanding and his current struggle to find a clear path. Leaving a governing party where you have influence and thinking you can carry out a mission requires a functioning platform,” Bwala said.
He further added, “He does not have the ability to unsettle the president. No opposition party, even together, can make the president uneasy. Let me explain something about my elder brother El-Rufai: he thrives when aligned with a strong revolutionary leader. On his own, he may not win a Senate seat. He became governor because of the Buhari factor and was re-elected for the same reason. If he were to run for the Senate in Kaduna now, he would not win.”
