Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally pitched his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), months after resigning from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
El-Rufai completed his registration and received his membership card on Thursday at the ADC office in U/Sarki Ward, Kaduna State, PUNCH Online gathered.
The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory arrived at the ward office in company of a crowd of loyalists, including ex-appointees and serving and former local government chairmen who have remained aligned with his political structure.
El-Rufai had on March 10 announced his exit from the APC, citing an irreconcilable divergence between his principles and what he described as the party’s shifting values.
In his resignation letter, the former governor did not mince words in criticising the direction of the ruling party.
“Developments in the last two years confirm that there is no desire on the part of those who currently control and run the APC to acknowledge, much less address, the unhealthy situation of the party,” he had stated.
He maintained that he consistently warned the party’s leadership—privately and openly—about what he perceived as a troubling drift but said those cautions were repeatedly ignored.
A key figure in the 2013 opposition merger that birthed the APC, El-Rufai lamented that the party had veered off the ideals that once inspired millions of Nigerians.
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