El-Rufai also argued that Tinubu has so far performed miserably in the areas of security, economy, and trade.
By Kehinde Okeowo
The immediately past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election, saying “the guy is gone”.
He made the assertion on Monday evening while featuring on Arise Television programme, ‘Prime Time’.
According to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) chieftain, Tinubu is unlikely to complete two terms as president because he has a 91 per cent disapproval rating in the North and Southeast.
He further claimed the incumbent president has 78 per cent disapproval rating in his home state, Lagos, adding that he is also unpopular in the South-West region.
He went on to point out that in the last two years, Tinubu’s administration has performed miserably in the areas of security, economy, and trade.
Speaking during the interview El-Rufai said: “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 on May 29, 2023 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 southeast and the north, President Tinubu has a 91% disapproval rating, even in Lagos he has a 78% disapproval rating.
“In States in the Southwest he is doing a bit better, Ondo and Ekiti, he is doing better with less than 78 per cent disapproval rating but there is nowhere he is doing better than 50% even in the Southwest.
“The guy is gone, he is performed miserably. The economy has stopped, the insecurity architecture has failed, there are no clear trade and investment policies, and everything is going wrong.
“They are raising lots of revenues but we don’t know where the revenues are going because there are no results.”
