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El-Rufai: Ribadu wants to destroy my reputation over 2031 presidential ambition

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has accused the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, of orchestrating a smear campaign against him, allegedly driven by Ribadu’s ambition to contest the 2031 presidential election.

El-Rufai said this in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, February 24, 2025.

The former governor alleged that Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is collaborating with Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to damage his reputation.

El-Rufai said: “This project of destroy Nasir El-Rufai is Nuhu Ribadu’s conception. He is the architect and builder of that project. He is the one working with Uba Sani to implement it. So far, it has been frustrating for them.

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“Somebody wants to destroy my reputation. Why? Nuhu Ribadu wants to be president in 2031. He has to eliminate every northerner that he thinks is on the radar.

“In fact, what they have resorted to doing is to call low level people and some of my officials to say, ‘implicate el-Rufai and your problems will go away’. This is what ICPC has become.

“Uba Sani and Nuhu Ribadu are not my friends. They were my friends at some point but not anymore.”

The Star

Segun Ojo

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