{"id":154566,"date":"2025-03-09T23:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T22:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/el-rufai-meets-with-aregbesola-tunde-bakare"},"modified":"2025-03-25T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:39:22","slug":"el-rufai-meets-with-aregbesola-tunde-bakare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-meets-with-aregbesola-tunde-bakare","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai meets with Aregbesola, Tunde Bakare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has visited former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and Pastor Tunde Bakare in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai\u2019s media adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye, revealed this on X on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMalam Nasir @elrufai was in Lagos today to visit Ogbeni @raufaregbesola and Pastor Tunde Bakare,\u201d Adekeye tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai\u2019s meeting with both men comes days after he also paid a visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>His visit to Lagos has sparked fresh speculation about his political future and possible strategic alliances ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola, a two-term governor of Osun State and former ally of President Bola Tinubu, recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, following a protracted crisis within the party in Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>Bakare, on the other hand, is a prominent political figure and a former presidential aspirant under APC.<\/p>\n<p><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. Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has visited former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and Pastor Tunde Bakare in Lagos. El-Rufai\u2019s media adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye, revealed this on X on Sunday. \u201cMalam Nasir @elrufai was in Lagos today to visit Ogbeni @raufaregbesola and Pastor Tunde Bakare,\u201d Adekeye tweeted. 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