Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands no chance of winning re-election in 2027. Speaking in an interview circulated on X, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) chieftain argued that anyone who believes otherwise is out of touch with the realities on ground in Nigeria. El-Rufai stated that Nigerians have lost confidence in both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Tinubu, making it unlikely that they will support them in the next general election. This assertion comes despite repeated assurances from the Tinubu administration that current hardships will soon ease. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, reiterated this during a Wednesday appearance on Channels Television, highlighting efforts by the government to stabilize and grow the economy. El-Rufai said, “Anybody that thinks it is possible for President Bola Tinubu to get re-elected is living in another country, not Nigeria. It is impossible for Bola Tinubu to get re-elected.” The former governor and political ally of President Bola Tinubu stated that there is no pathway for the former Lagos State governor. He said that even the weakest opposition would defeat Tinubu because Nigerians are unhappy with APC and the policies of the current administration. “I don’t see a pathway for him,” he said. El-Rufai maintained that those defecting to the ruling party do not matter, insisting that the real target of SDP and its emerging coalition are the voters. “It is greedy and hungry politicians and those that are looking for money, contract, appointment, office that are defecting,” he added. “The other class of those defecting are those that know that the EFCC or ICPC can intimidate them, because they know what they have done if they have done what is not quite right. “And this is what I think the SDP and the coalition of political parties or grouping that we are working with is targeting. We believe that the 2027 elections will be between the APC and Nigerians.” El-Rufai, who supported the election of Bola Tinubu in 2023, is now a member of SDP and is fronting a coalition against the current administration. El-Rufai, alongside the likes of former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, among others, are leading the coalition to remove President Bola Tinubu through the ballot in 2027.