Electoral Modification: “Akpabio is a Sc*mbag, Tinubu’s Lapdog” – El-Rufai assaults Senate President [VIDEO]
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has brazenly accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of personally fueling the controversy surrounding the proposed modification to the Electoral Act, describing him because the central determine behind the rising legislative dispute.
El-Rufai made the remarks throughout an interview aired on Belief TV, the place he pushed again towards claims that the Senate as a physique is accountable for the contentious proposal. In response to him, the disaster stems from what he characterised because the conduct and management of the Senate President.
“The problem will not be the Senate,” El-Rufai stated. “Akpabio is the problem.” He went additional, utilizing unusually sturdy language to explain the Senate President’s position within the matter.
“By each definition, he’s a scumbag.”
The previous governor additionally alleged that Akpabio will not be performing independently however is advancing the pursuits of highly effective political actors, claiming the Senate President is merely executing the needs of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He argued that lawmakers who’re uncomfortable with the proposed modification should take collective motion as soon as the Nationwide Meeting resumes sitting, urging them to brazenly problem any try and drive the invoice by way of.
“When the Senate reconvenes, those that are towards it should unite, protest and cease it,” El-Rufai stated.
In one other pointed comment, El-Rufai dismissed the formal honorifics historically accorded to senators, stating that his lengthy private historical past with Akpabio predates their present political workplaces and leaves no room for diplomatic restraint.
“I don’t see him as ‘distinguished,’” he stated. “We’ve identified one another because the Nineteen Nineties. I’ve watched our journeys over time, so I’m able to talk plainly.”
El-Rufai’s feedback have added recent rigidity to the already heated debate over the Electoral Act modification, a proposal that has sparked sharp disagreements inside the Nationwide Meeting and heightened political sensitivities forward of future electoral cycles.
Watch a snippet from the interview under;