El-Rufai had, during his interview on Arise Television Monday, accused President Tinubu and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, of orchestrating his failed ministerial nomination.
The embattled former governor specifically said it was President Tinubu who did not want him in his cabinet, and not any security report, while also accusing the NSA of fighting him due to his (Ribadu) presidential ambition in 2031.
Reacting through a statement signed by its Coordinator, Capt. Monday Ishakwu (rtd), the Northern Patriot Forum said El-Rufai lacks the moral right to attack President Tinubu in such a manner, having failed woefully in his eight-year administration as Kaduna governor.