{"id":78769,"date":"2021-02-24T19:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=78769"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:44:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:44:50","slug":"el-rufai-can-never-be-jonathans-running-mate-says-omokri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/el-rufai-can-never-be-jonathans-running-mate-says-omokri\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai can never be Jonathan\u2019s running mate, says Omokri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, says Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, can\u2019t run as Jonathan\u2019s mate in the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Omokri, however, said his former principal has no intention to run for president in 2023. He also said Jonathan has no plan to dump the People Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Omokri spoke on Wednesday while featuring on a\u00a0PUNCH Online\u00a0interview programme,\u00a0The Roundtable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There have been political permutations and re-alignments amongst members of the PDP and the APC ahead of the 2023 general elections. There were also reports that El-Rufai, who would end his second term as Kaduna State governor in 2023, would be running with Jonathan but Omokri dismissed the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">.\u00a0Speaking on the report that El-Rufai and Jonathan would be a pair in the next election, Omokri said, \u201cThey are trying to put that story out there to put pressure as to promote Nasir El-Rufai as a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I spoke to former President Jonathan just before this interview. That story is a lie, quote me. Nasir El-Rufai will be the last person if former President Jonathan is thinking of running, of which he is not even thinking of running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The best judge of future behaviour is past behaviours. Former President Jonathan has been in one party all through his life. He is 63 years old and he doesn\u2019t have that kind of history. He doesn\u2019t have that kind of reputation. To the best of my knowledge, former President Jonathan is not leaving the People Democratic Party, He is a very loyal man just like me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\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>A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, says Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, can\u2019t run as Jonathan\u2019s mate in the 2023 presidential election. 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