{"id":172360,"date":"2025-08-03T22:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T21:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027"},"modified":"2025-08-04T00:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:11:56","slug":"el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#8217;s Fate If APC Wins 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the country\u2019s survival is at risk if the All Progressives Congress (APC) wins the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Saturday, August 2, in Sokoto at a grassroots mobilisation rally for the opposition coalition led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), El-Rufai made clear his intention to campaign vigorously against the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not in politics to get anything for myself. I\u2019m in politics to serve,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the government does not serve the people, it is my duty as a senior citizen to come out and condemn it and take steps to reverse the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we come together as people opposed to the policies of this government to form the coalition, which has resulted in the adoption of ADC,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai, a former key member of the APC, said he is committed to rallying Nigerians across the country to unseat the party, describing it as \u201cincompetent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in Sokoto to begin the process of mobilising Nigerians against the APC government anywhere and the federal government in Abuja,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that if we allow this party and the government to continue for a second term in office, what remains of Nigeria\u2019s social capital will be destroyed, and we may not have a country at all. This is a fight for our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai was once a founding figure of the APC but left the party in March 2025 to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP) following the Senate\u2019s refusal to confirm his ministerial nomination, reportedly due to security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>However, his time in the SDP was short-lived. The party expelled him and imposed a 30-year ban, citing alleged forgery of membership documents, among other accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Now a leading figure in the opposition ADC, El-Rufa\u2019i joins other prominent politicians in working against the APC ahead of the 2023 polls.<\/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. Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the country\u2019s survival is at risk if the All Progressives Congress (APC) wins the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Saturday, August 2, in Sokoto at a grassroots mobilisation rally for the opposition coalition led by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[118,34,96,1486,254],"class_list":["post-172360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-adc","tag-apc","tag-kaduna","tag-nasir-el-rufai","tag-nigeria"],"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>El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#039;s Fate If APC Wins 2027 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the cou ...\" \/>\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\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#039;s Fate If APC Wins 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the cou ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-03T21:19:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-03T23:11:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\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\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#8217;s Fate If APC Wins 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-03T21:19:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-03T23:11:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\"},\"wordCount\":348,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"APC\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nasir El-Rufai\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\",\"name\":\"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country's Fate If APC Wins 2027 - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-03T21:19:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-03T23:11:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the cou ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":423,\"caption\":\"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country's Fate If APC Wins 2027\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#8217;s Fate If APC Wins 2027\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country's Fate If APC Wins 2027 - Nigeria","description":"Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the cou ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country's Fate If APC Wins 2027","og_description":"Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the cou ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-08-03T21:19:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-03T23:11:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#8217;s Fate If APC Wins 2027","datePublished":"2025-08-03T21:19:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-03T23:11:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027"},"wordCount":348,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg","keywords":["ADC","APC","Kaduna","Nasir El-Rufai","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027","name":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country's Fate If APC Wins 2027 - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-03T21:19:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-03T23:11:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has issued a warning about Nigeria\u2019s future, declaring that the cou ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754250236.2118.jpg","width":720,"height":423,"caption":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country's Fate If APC Wins 2027"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-warns-of-countrys-fate-if-apc-wins-2027#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"El-Rufa\u2019i Warns of Country&#8217;s Fate If APC Wins 2027"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}