{"id":145475,"date":"2025-01-08T19:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:15:43","slug":"no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp","title":{"rendered":"No official communication yet\u2019 \u2013 Gabam clears air on El-Rufai\u2019s alleged move to SDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Shehu Gabam, has stated that there has been no official communication regarding former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, or allies of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar joining the party. Gabam\u2019s remark comes after El-Rufai, Segun Sowunmi, and Hamza Al-Mustapha held a strategic meeting to review the state of opposition democratic engagement in Nigeria. The closed-door meeting was held at the SDP\u2019s Secretariat in Abuja. Speaking about the meeting, Gabam said he was open to conversations centered around a better Nigeria. Addressing journalists, he said: \u201cThere is no official statement from El-Rufai or any one of them about officially joining the SDP. As I said, they are open to conversation and negotiations for a better Nigeria. It\u2019s not about a political party; it\u2019s about the future of Nigeria. \u201cWe are looking for like-minded people who believe in the future of the country so that we can work together and uplift the individual standard of Nigeria. \u201cIt\u2019s not just them. The attention of the media only went to them. I have received a lot of dignitaries from different political parties in the office, discussing the way forward, how to stabilize the country, and how to offer productive, progressive advice to this government so that there will not be a crisis. \u201cBecause once the government has a crisis, it affects every Nigerian. So, part of our responsibilities is to make sure we are not facing a crisis. \u201cThere is an ongoing conversation. When the time comes, we will arrive at a conclusion, and we will hold an official press conference. \u201cOnce we agree on what we are going to do together, we will unveil it to all Nigerians. But at the preliminary stage, we are having our own social gatherings and discussing national issues. \u201cSo, principally, that\u2019s what we are doing. More like-minded people are already on board. So today, there are other heavyweights involved, with whom we are discussing.\u201d Lately, there have been claims of El-Rufai dumping the APC for the PDP. Reacting, the former governor urged the public to disregard the rumor and lies about his political affiliation. Posting on X, El-Rufai wrote: \u201cPlease disregard the patent lies and rumors about my political affiliation. I have referred the lead peddlers of the fake news for further action by my lawyers.\u201d He also mentioned that he has referred the lead peddlers of the fake news to his lawyers for legal action. In 2022, presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala had said El-Rufai would decamp to the PDP before the 2023 general election. El-Rufai, who dismissed the report as a laughing stock, said that not even his corpse would be seen close to the PDP. <strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Shehu Gabam, has stated that there has been no official communication regarding former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, or allies of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar joining the party. Gabam\u2019s remark comes after El-Rufai, Segun Sowunmi, and Hamza Al-Mustapha held a strategic meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":145474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[1651,14432,254,1142],"class_list":["post-145475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-el-rufai-2","tag-gabam","tag-nigeria","tag-sdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No official communication yet\u2019 \u2013 Gabam clears air on El-Rufai\u2019s alleged move to SDP - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Shehu Gabam, has stated that there has been no official communication ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No official communication yet\u2019 \u2013 Gabam clears air on El-Rufai\u2019s alleged move to SDP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Shehu Gabam, has stated that there has been no official communication ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T18:09:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T19:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1736351092.322132.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"No official communication yet\u2019 \u2013 Gabam clears air on El-Rufai\u2019s alleged move to SDP\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-08T18:09:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T19:15:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1736351092.322132.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"El Rufai\",\"Gabam\",\"Nigeria\",\"SDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/no-official-communication-yet-gabam-clears-air-on-el-rufais-alleged-move-to-sdp\",\"name\":\"No official communication yet\u2019 \u2013 Gabam clears air on El-Rufai\u2019s alleged move to SDP - 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