2027: El-Rufai Predicts Outcome of Tinubu’s Re-Election Bid
TheTalk.NG journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues
FCT, Abuja – Former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot be re-elected in 2027.
El-Rufai said President Tinubu’s performance has been miserable since assuming office in 2023.
El-Rufai says Tinubu has a 91% disapproval rating in the South-East and North.
Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu/Nasir El-RufaiSource: Facebook
He stated this while speaking on ‘Prime Time’, an Arise Television programme, on Monday, June 23, 2025.
El-Rufai urged Nigerians to reflect on their experiences since Tinubu assumed the reins on May 29, 2023.
“The guy (Tinubu) is gone; he has performed miserably. The economy has tanked, the security architecture has failed, there are no clear trade, industrial and investment policies, and everything is going wrong,”
He lamented that there is nothing to show for the increase in the revenue generated by the Tinubu’s government.
“They are raising lots of revenues, but we don’t know where the revenues are going because there are no results.”
El-Rufai said Tinubu received a 91 percent disapproval rating in the South-East and North in a poll conducted by his group.
“We have to ask the people to make up their minds. Do you like what is happening? This is just two years. If your life has gotten better since Tinubu was sworn in, fine, but if not, why not give some other people a chance?”
“We have done some polling in many parts of the country, particularly in the south-east and the north. President Tinubu has a 91 percent disapproval rating. Even in Lagos, he has a 78 percent disapproval rating,”
El-Rufai explains reason for registering new party
Recall that El-Rufai explained the reason the opposition coalition opted to register a new political party rather than merge with an existing one.
El-Rufai said the emerging political coalition believed that a new political party is of a lesser risk.
TheTalk.NG reports that Atiku Abubakar-led coalition has been plotting how to sack President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
El-Rufai mentions what he did for Tinubu
In a previous story, TheTalk.NG reported that El-Rufai expressed regret for supporting President Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
El-Rufai explained that he was instrumental in the emergence of President Tinubu, and has therefore contributed to the problem of Nigeria.
The former governor said 90 per cent of Nigerians are no longer in the present administration of President Tinubu and the ruling APC.
Source: TheTalk.NG
