El-Rufai dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for the SDP on March 10, citing a misalignment of his values with the ruling party. The former governor has also been encouraging his associates and other leading politicians in the opposition to join SDP in order to build a coalition capable of ousting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the Aso Rock presidential villa in 2027. But the Kaduna State chapter of SDP on Friday said neither the Chairman of the Kaduna North Local Government Chapter, nor the leadership of Unguwar Sarki ward where El-Rufai was supposed to register as member of the party has any record of his membership.