Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress, months after leaving the All Progressives Congress.
The former governor registered with the ADC and collected his membership card at the party office in U/Sarki Ward, Kaduna State.
Recall that on March 10, 2025, El-Rufai left the APC, citing a widening disconnect between his personal values and the direction of the party as the reason for his defection.
The former Federal Capital Territory minister, in his resignation letter, openly criticised the APC’s leadership, accusing the party of abandoning the progressive ideals upon which it was founded.
“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 had stated.
According to him, he has tried his best by raising concerns about the party’s direction both privately and publicly for over two years, but all his warnings were ignored by the APC leadership.
The former Kaduna governor, who played a major role during the 2013 merger of opposition parties that led to the formation of the APC, lamented that the party had lost its original vision.
After resigning from the APC, El-Rufai joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). However, he has now resigned from the SDP effective from November 25, 2025.
In a letter addressed to the SDP Chairman, he wrote, “I wish to notify that I have resigned my membership of the SDP, effective 26 November 2025. My focus remains on making my contributions to strengthening a unified democratic platform to offer a political alternative to the people of Nigeria.”
