The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that he has never discussed plans to succeed President Bola Tinubu in the 2031 presidential polls, as claimed by the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.

El-Rufai, in an exclusive interview on Arise Television monitored by *The Guardian* on Monday night, alleged that the NSA boss’s stoic resolve to succeed President Bola Tinubu in the 2031 presidential polls has pitched him on a collision course with any northerners who want to stand in his way.

The founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) also accused Ribadu of engaging in name-calling and a campaign of calumny against him after he collaborated with Governor Uba Sani and officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) to ensure that he was found guilty of looting over N423 billion while in office.

El-Rufai described the probe over alleged looting as a political witch-hunt against him and members of his cabinet, labelling both Governor Uba Sani and Ribadu as friends turned foes following their series of backstabbings in recent times.

https://guardian.ng/politics/im-committed-to-tinubus-govt-not-succeeding-tinubu-in-2031-ribadu/