Aisha Buhari reposts video on social media

Aisha, the wife of President Mohammadu Buhari, posted a viral video on Wednesday of Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai accusing some people in the Presidential Villa against the All Progressives Congress (APC) victory in the coming general to work. election.

Grandstand online had reported that El-Rufai revealed in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily that some elements in the Villa are working against the party’s presidential candidate.

According to him, these individuals whose identities he did not reveal were angry because their “preferred candidate lost the party’s presidential primaries to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.”

He added that they want the APC to lose the presidential election and are hiding under the president’s desire to do what he thinks is right.

El-Rufai said: “I believe there are elements in the Villa who want us to lose the election because they didn’t get their way; they had their candidate. Their candidate did not win the primaries.

“They are trying to make us lose the election, and they are hiding behind the president’s desire to do what he thinks is right. I will give two examples: this petroleum subsidy, which is costing the country trillions of Naira, was something that we all agreed should be scrapped.

“I even had a talk with the president and showed him why it had to be done. Because how can you have a capital budget of N200b for federal roads and then spend N2 trillion on petroleum subsidy? This was a conversation I had with the president in 2021 when the subsidy thing started to ramp up. He was convinced. We have left. It changed. Everyone in the government agreed, and it changed,” he revealed.

The governor of Kaduna state also pointed to the currency redesign, which he said is a priority for the president, adding, however, that the policy does not make economic and political sense at this point.

“The second example I will give is this currency redesign. You have to understand the president. People blame the Central Bank governor for the currency redesign, but no. You have to go back and watch Buhari’s first appearance as president. He did this; the regime of Buhari and Idiagbon changed our currency and did it secretly for the purpose of catching those who stash illicit funds. It’s a very good idea. The president has his right. But to do it within the allotted time at this point does not make any political or economic sense,” he added.