Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has suggested that President Bola Tinubu may become president for life if Nigerians fail to unite and remove him in 2027.

El-Rufai spoke while receiving former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, during a solidarity visit on Saturday.

Atiku had visited El-Rufai over a recent attack by All Progressive Congress (APC)-sponsored thugs at the inauguration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kaduna State.

The former governor described Tinubu’s administration as worse than any military regime in Nigeria, adding that Nigeria is facing a major evil ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

He said, “It’s a disgrace for people to behave the way they are behaving, it means all the years we were for democracy and NADECO was all fake, a pretense, all the claims we are fighting for, true federalism is all fake.

“This government is trying to centralize everything instead of devolving powers to the lower levels but the some total of this is that we are facing an evil of a large proportion in the history of this country that if we don’t come together to end this Tinubu administration in 2027, Tinubu will try to be our Paul Biya, he would be president for life, all the signs are there, this is how Paul Biya started.

“You are our leader and you have experience in democratic governance. When you and Obasanjo were in power, no man has been imprisoned because he had a different political reason, even Buhari with his military background never did that but here we are facing full fledge.

“This is worse than any military regime we’ve ever had, your call that we must unite is a healthy one. I think the people of Nigerians have made up their mind that this government, APC must go.”