A former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam El-Rufai, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu did not want him in his cabinet.
According to him, the National Assembly did not reject him because of a security report from the Department of State Services, DSS.
Speaking on Arise TV on Monday night, El-Rufai said, “Forget what you read. The National Assembly did not reject me. President Bola Tinubu changed his mind about working with me.
“The security thing was a good excuse they used.
“Since then, has anyone released that report telling us the security issue?
“Look, I was minister 20 years ago. I don’t need to be in politics. I have a private life.
“Tinubu appealed to me and begged me. He threw me a challenge that no president has sorted out electricity problems. He said you and I can do it. it was the challenge that made me accept it.
“I had the opportunity to serve my country. The person that gave me took it back and that is not a problem.”