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2027: Join SDP to Save Nigeria from ‘Area Boys’ – El-Rufai’s Son Tell Nigerians
Bashir El-Rufai calls on Nigerians to join the SDP to “save the country from area boys,” seemingly criticizing Tinubu’s Lagos-based appointees after his father’s defection from the APC.

Bashir El-Rufai calls on Nigerians to join the SDP to “save the country from area boys,” seemingly criticizing Tinubu’s Lagos-based appointees after his father’s defection from the APC.
Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has called on Nigerians to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to “save the country from area boys”.
VerseNews reports that in a cryptic post on X, Bashir seemed to be referring to President Bola Tinubu’s appointees from Lagos.
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“Join in saving this country from area boys,” he wrote.
This comes after his father, Nasir El-Rufai, defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the SDP, citing a disconnect between his personal values and the party’s current direction.
El-Rufai had also criticized Tinubu for appointing mostly his allies from Lagos into political offices, rather than making appointments based on merit or regional representation.
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