The Presidency has again hit back at former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
El-Rufai had hit out at President Bola Tinubu’s administration and the All Progressives Congress, his party, at a conference in Abuja following which Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, tore into him.
Then, the ex-governor fired back at Bwala.
The latter on Thursday during an interview with TVC News returned fire, saying the former Minister of FCT on his own is a political lightweight.
“El-Rufai, as he said, is still in the APC. You treat him like a brother. I know his grandstanding. I know he is having some trouble finding a path. If you leave a governing party where you have influence and think you can undertake a mission, you need a platform that is functioning to achieve that.
“He does not have the capacity to unsettle the president. No opposition party, even if combined, can make the president uneasy. Let me tell you something about my elder brother, El-Rufai, and whether we should be worried.
“There is a dynamic around El-Rufai. He thrives when he aligns with a strong revolutionary figure. On his own, he may not win a Senate seat. He became governor because of the Buhari
factor and was re-elected for the same reason. If he were to contest for the Senate in Kaduna now, he would not win,” Bwala said.
