"Peter Obi is not a bad person. My mind was poisoned by my former party members" Bashir El-Rufai says after his father Nasir El-Rufai defected from APC

 Bashir El-Rufai,  son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he was wrong about Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections.

El-Rufai made the statement on X, shortly after his father Nasir El-Rufai defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 

Bashir El-Rufai tweeted: "Peter Obi is surprisingly not a bad person after all. My views on him have changed recently. My mind was poisoned by my former party members. Sai Obi!" 

 

He added that Obi is “a great potential president or VP”.

 

He also suggested that Peter Obi might join his father Nasir El-Rufai in the Social Democratic Party, SDP. 

He dropped the hint while responding to an X user, @Freedom42602077, who argued that the SDP would struggle to defeat the APC in the 2027 elections unless it aligns with Peter Obi. 

"Bro to bro, if Peter Obi is not in that party, they can’t win the presidential election. APC will have it again!" the user wrote. 

Reacting, Bashir El-Rufai simply replied: "He is coming."