The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has officially expelled former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El‑Rufai, distancing itself from any involvement with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition he was allegedly championing.
According to Ambassador Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, SDP’s National Publicity Secretary, the decision was made by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) following prior denunciation from both El‑Rufai’s ward, Unguwar Sarki, Kaduna North LGA and the Kaduna State Executive Committee.
El‑Rufai is accused of bypassing usual registration procedures “rather than register lawfully with the Ward Executives, El‑Rufai simply forged his own documents, self‑registered, and arrogated to himself ‘number 001 in the SDP membership register of Unguwar Sarki Ward’”, a move directly at odds with official party records.
Additionally, the SDP rejected El‑Rufai’s negotiations with the ADC, stating these were in “breach of the SDP constitution.”
Aiyenigba emphasized the action taken:
“The SDP at all levels disassociates, disclaims, disfellowships, excommunicates Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai as a member of the SDP; and to the extent that he purportedly claims membership by self‑registration or any other means, Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai is consequently expelled from the membership of the Social Democratic Party anywhere in Nigeria and globally.”
The statement continued: “The foregoing actions by the NWC … are consequent upon the unacceptable acts of gross indiscipline of Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai, particularly in respect of the undeniable fact of having publicly declared for the ADC his selfish agenda to destabilise the party by way of sponsoring a group of dissidents to call an illegal National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Party on Friday, July 25, 2025. Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai is hereby banished and banned from any activities of the SDP for a period of 30 (thirty) years effective from today.”
“Members of the SDP across Nigeria and the general public are informed that Mallam Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai is not a member of the SDP and does not represent the interests of the party effective until Wednesday, July 28, 2055.”
