{"id":73797,"date":"2020-05-31T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T15:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73797"},"modified":"2020-05-31T16:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T15:35:32","slug":"elrufai-confirms-rift-with-tinubu-says-he-is-not-my-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/elrufai-confirms-rift-with-tinubu-says-he-is-not-my-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Elrufai Confirms Rift With Tinubu, Says, \u201cHe Is Not My Man&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m758448221763091904\" class=\"mail-message \">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that himself and the<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-3982258819209283502\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola<br \/>\nTinubu, have differences.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulating the Minister of Interior and former Governor of Osun<br \/>\nState, Rauf Aregbesola on his 63rd birthday during a Webinar, Elrufai<br \/>\nsaid Tinubu is not his man.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai said, \u201cI want to congratulate my brother, Ogbeni (Aregbesola),<br \/>\non his birthday. You know I\u2019m your man any day. I\u2019m not Asiwaju\u2019s man<br \/>\nand you are Asiwaju\u2019s man, but I am your man any day. Asiwaju and I have<br \/>\ndifferences, but you and I have no differences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both men are rumored to be plotting to run for the Presidential<br \/>\nelections on the platform of the APC in 2023. Sources say that is why<br \/>\nthey have been having a cold war.<\/p>\n<p>Elrufai had suggested that godfatherism can be defeated, in what was<br \/>\nseen as an attack at Tinubu\u2019s grip of the South West politics where he<br \/>\nnearly installed all the Governors.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;Here in Lagos, you have over six million registered voters,<br \/>\nonly about a million voted (in 2019 general elections); five million did<br \/>\nnot vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I want to run for governor of Lagos, I will start now. I will<br \/>\ncommission a study to know why those five million registered voters did<br \/>\nnot vote; where do they go on election day? Then I will start visiting<br \/>\nthem for the next four years. I will try and get just two million of<br \/>\nthem to come and vote for me; I will defeat any godfather.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The key is to go to the people. The card reader and the biometric<br \/>\nregister have given us the tools to connect directly with the people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I assure you if you do that for the next four years, connecting with<br \/>\nthe people; the tin godfather, you will retire him or her permanently.<br \/>\nBut it is hard work; it requires three to four years of hard work. So,<br \/>\nif you want to run in 2023, you should start now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With about N2 billion; if you start, you see these guys with black<br \/>\nties, they will give you the N2 billion.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/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>Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that himself and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have differences. 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