{"id":172917,"date":"2025-08-07T22:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/el-rufai-remains-apc-member-says-kaduna-chieftain"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:42:07","slug":"el-rufai-remains-apc-member-says-kaduna-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/el-rufai-remains-apc-member-says-kaduna-chieftain","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai Remains APC Member Says Kaduna Chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State, Bashir Jamoh, on Thursday disclosed that the party still consults former governor Nasir El-Rufai and he offers his advise without any charge.<\/p>\n<p>Jamoh also said the Kaduna state chapter of APC was yet to part ways with El-Rufai despite his involvement with the opposition coalition-backed African Democratic Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, El-Rufai dumped the APC, citing lack of internal democracy under President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor moved to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, before joining the opposition coalition which adopted the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jamoh who is a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, insisted that El-Rufai is still a card-carrying member of APC.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists in Kaduna, Jamoh said: \u201cWe are yet to reach the point where we will say farewell to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Forget about the politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we need his advice, we consult him, and he offers his contributions free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot disown your child of eight years. He was governor for eight years under the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when he was in the PDP and later the CPC, which merged into the APC, he contributed to the building of this party.\u201d<\/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. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State, Bashir Jamoh, on Thursday disclosed that the party still consults former governor Nasir El-Rufai and he offers his advise without any charge. 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