BREAKING: El-Rufai dumps APC, joins SDP

Former Kaduna State Governor and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has officially resigned from the ruling party and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

In a press statement released on Monday, March 10, 2025, El-Rufai cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction of the APC as the primary reason for his departure.

Expressing disappointment with the party’s leadership, he accused the APC of deviating from the progressive ideals upon which it was founded. According to him, despite raising concerns privately and publicly over the past two years, the party’s leadership has shown no willingness to address the issues.

“Developments in the last two years confirm that there is no desire on the part of those who currently control and run the APC to acknowledge, much less address, the unhealthy situation of the party,” El-Rufai stated.