{"id":121073,"date":"2025-07-28T14:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121073"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:56:47","slug":"sdp-slams-30-year-suspension-on-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/sdp-slams-30-year-suspension-on-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"SDP Slams 30-Year Suspension on El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has slammed a 30-year suspension on former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over allegations of forgery, impersonation, and conduct considered injurious to the party\u2019s unity and integrity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, the party\u2019s National Working Committee (NWC) declared that El-Rufai has never been a registered member of the SDP at the ward level but falsely presented himself as one.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the NWC, El-Rufai allegedly forged party membership documents and unilaterally assigned himself the membership number \u201c001\u201d in the Unguwar Sarki Ward of Kaduna North Local Government Area, without proper registration or authorisation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party described his actions as gross misconduct and a calculated attempt to destabilize its structure.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It further accused him of trying to hijack the party\u2019s internal mechanisms and of engaging in unauthorized negotiations with other political parties,\u00a0 efforts the NWC claimed were aimed at dragging the SDP into unapproved mergers or coalitions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the disciplinary measures, El-Rufai has been barred from all party-related activities until July 28, 2055. This includes holding any party office, using the party\u2019s branding, or making public statements on its behalf.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The SDP also cautioned the general public, including institutions such as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to disregard any representation or action made by El-Rufai in the name of the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the suspension has laid bare divisions within the party. While the North-West zonal leadership backed the NWC\u2019s decision and described El-Rufai as an impostor, the Kaduna State chapter rejected the claim, insisting that El-Rufai is duly registered in the Unguwar Sarki Ward and remains a respected stakeholder.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of the time of filing this report, El-Rufai had yet to issue any official response to the suspension or the allegations levelled against him.<\/div>\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>By Oscar Okhifo The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has slammed a 30-year suspension on former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over allegations of forgery, impersonation, and conduct considered injurious&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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