Daniel Bwala, the special adviser to the president on media and policy, says the defection of Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was fuelled by his “inordinate ambition”.

 

Earlier on Monday, el-Rufai announced his resignation from the APC to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

 

The former governor said his values no longer align with the ruling party and vowed to collaborate with leaders of opposition parties to work against the APC in future elections.

 

Reacting to the development, Bwala said el-Rufai’s defection and proposed coalition with the opposition is not “an ideology but an inordinate ambition that is destined to fail”.

 

“Senior, el-Rufai, I read the news today that you resigned from APC to join SDP. Well, I have nothing against you because you exercised your constitutional right,” he wrote on X.

 

“However, the motive is what we would interrogate in the coming days and remind Nigerians that you are not a phenomenal that emerges like a clap of thunder out of a blue sky.

 

“We would intellectually remind you that associating with sore losers to unseat the incumbent is not an ideology, nor is it progressivism; It is simply an inordinate ambition that is destined to fail.”