{"id":116572,"date":"2025-02-25T12:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116572"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:07:21","slug":"2031-presidential-race-ribadu-replies-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2031-presidential-race-ribadu-replies-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"2031 presidential race: Ribadu replies El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My attention has been drawn to the interview granted by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>If my silence wouldn\u2019t risk being construed as consent, I would have ignored him. I am too preoccupied with my current assignment as to get into a media fight with Nasir El-Rufai or anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the incessant baiting and attacks, I have never spoken ill of Nasir on record anywhere. This is out of respect for our past association and our respective families. I will not start today.<\/p>\n<p>I, however, urge the public to disregard El-rufai\u2019s statements against me.<\/p>\n<p>For the avoidance of doubt, I want to put it on record that I have never discussed running for president in 2031 with anybody. All my focus and energy are geared completely towards the advancement of Nigeria and the success of the President Tinubu administration.<\/p>\n<p>I, therefore, ask Nasir El-Rufai to allow me face my onerous national assignment just as I do not bother myself with his own affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Nuhu Ribadu<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My attention has been drawn to the interview granted by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State on Monday evening. 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