El-Rufai, Atiku’s allies maintain closed-door assembly with SDP in Abuja

A number of distinguished opposition figures held a closed-door assembly with officers of the Social Democratic Party in Abuja on Tuesday.

The agenda of the assembly has not been disclosed on the time of scripting this report.

The assembly occurred early on Tuesday on the nationwide secretariat of the SDP and included former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Main Hamza Al-Mustapha (former Chief Safety Officer to Normal Sani Abacha), and Otunba Segun Showunmi, a former spokesman for Atiku Abubakar, amongst others.

Confirming the assembly, Showunmi shared the information on his Fb web page.

He wrote: “You will need to set forth at daybreak! A strategic assembly was known as by HE Shehu Gabam, Chairman of SDP, with HE Nasir El-Rufai, Main Hamza Al-Mustapha, and Otunba Segun Showunmi. The choice to satisfy, greet, and evaluation the state of opposition democratic engagement in Nigeria.”

This improvement follows El-Rufai’s dismissal of studies suggesting that he had defected from the APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.

Responding to the rumours on his verified X account, the previous Kaduna governor urged Nigerians to ignore the false studies, calling them “patent lies.” He additionally revealed that he had instructed his attorneys to take authorized motion in opposition to these spreading the misinformation.

“Please disregard the patent lies and rumours about my political affiliation. I’ve referred the lead peddlers of the pretend information for additional motion by my attorneys,” El-Rufai posted on Sunday.

A detailed affiliate of the previous governor, who requested anonymity, additionally described the claims because the work of mischief-makers, stressinig that El-Rufai, a key determine within the APC, wouldn’t have defected to the PDP with out making it public.

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