Former Kaduna State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasir El-Rufai, has again met with another chieftain of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, further fueling speculation about his future political plans.
Daily Trust reports that El-Rufai was pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders.
Also reported to be present were Senator Teslim Folarin, APC gubernatorial candidate for Oyo State in 2023, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Bauchi State.
The meeting at Gada’s home in Abuja on Sunday night comes after El-Rufai hosted a gathering at his Abuja residence, which included the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam (a chieftain of the APC), Shehu Musa Gabam, and others, for a Ramadan iftar.
El-Rufai also visited Gabam at the SDP secretariat.
The photos from these visits had sparked various reactions on social media, with many speculating El-Rufai’s potential presidential bid in 2027.
However, Muyiwa Adekeye, a media adviser to El Rufai, denied any political motives behind the visits.
Adekeye stated that the speculations were merely an “unhealthy obsession with politics,” emphasizing that personal relationships can exist independently of political affiliations.