Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, said the President Bola Tinubu administration is the “worst and most corrupt” in Nigeria’s history.
El-Rufai spoke in Katsina during a recent interview with journalists.
He also described the government as the most intolerant since Nigeria returned to civil rule in 1999.
“This is the worst federal government in Nigerian history and all the indices have shown it,” he said.
“This is the most corrupt and most intolerant government in Nigeria. This is the most lying government that depends on false propaganda.”
He accused the federal government of spreading falsehoods about the country’s security situation.
“They lied that security has improved in Nigeria. They read out numbers of bandits killed except the ones we know are the leading bandits,” he said.
“In Kaduna, Dogo Gide is still around, Mallam Abba, the Boko Haram terrorist, is still alive. Bello Turji is still around but every day, they announce names of people that are bandits’ leaders that they have killed and security has improved.”
El-Rufai said insecurity persists in many parts of the country because the federal government has failed to address the root causes of the crisis.
“How many local governments are under the occupation of bandits in Katsina state? How many are occupied by bandits in Zamfara state and some parts of Sokoto state?” he asked.
“And because you are in government you think that nothing would happen?”
He added that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general election.
El-Rufai was in Katsina to condole with Dikko Radda, governor of the state, over the death of his mother.
On Friday, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar led a delegation of some politicians to visit Buhari in Kaduna.
Among those who accompanied Atiku on the visit were El-Rufai; Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto; Isa Pantami, former minister of communications; Achike Udenwa, former governor of Imo; Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue; and Jibrilla Bindow, former governor of Adamawa.
In a post on X, El-Rufai said the visitation was for “unity and brotherhood”.
