By james art 
A former spokesman for the president and leading social commentator Renault Omokri says that former governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, cannot be appointed minister by President Bola Tinubu because of some questions.
He made this known in a viral tweet entitled “Nasir El-Rufai’s claims against President Tinubu and NSA Ryuu on TV Today.”
According to the best-selling author, El-Rufai is claimed to have failed security checks and has not been confirmed by the National Assembly.
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Omokri writes: “On Monday, 24, 2025, Malam Nasir El-Rufai appeared on Ariz television and I have accused President Tinu and National Security Advisor of being behind their unsuccessful ministerial nomination.
– Mr. El-Rufai said, among other things, that “the president does not want me in his office.”
“Nothing can be further than the truth. It is a fact that President Bola Tinubu nominates Malam Nasir El-Rufai as a minister and, as required constitutionally, sent his name to the National Assembly to confirm the Senate.
“During the Senate Confirmation process, the National Assembly requested a security permit from both national and international security and intelligence agencies, and it was discovered that Nasir El-Rufai had failed his security check.
“He was considered a diplomatic responsibility for Nigeria, as on Thursday, February 7, 2019, Malam Nasir El-Rufai threatens the European Union observers if he intervened in the upcoming Nigeria Presidential elections that were to be held on Saturday, February 16, 2019
“On this day, Mr. El-Rufai said,” We are expecting the man who will come and intervene. They will return to body bags because no one will come to Nigeria and tell us how to manage our country. “
“The European Union examined this threat so much that they officially wrote to the Nigeria government to protest and publish a public statement by counting Nigeria.
“Third, the government of Nasir El-Rufai was accused of slaughtering Zaria Shiite on Saturday, December 12, 2015, where 438 Shiite men, women, children and babies were slaughtered in one of the worst violations of human rights.
“In addition, the government of Mr. El-Rufai was specifically cited for the demolition of the homes of its political opponents in Kaduna.
“For these and other reasons, Malam Nasir El-Rufai failed his security permit and cannot be cleared from the Senate of the National Assembly. He is guilty of this, not the President or the NSA.
“The Nigerians may recall that El-Rufai was not the only ministerial candidate to whom the permission was denied. Nasir El-Rufai and two others, including Danlads Sani, the Nominee for Taraba, and Stella Ombat by Delta State, were rejected because security agencies refused to clear them.
“None of the others has accused the duo of the President or his NSA. No. With the exception of El-Ruffai.
“Then El-Rufai withdrew his nomination and pointed to his former local government commissioner Jafaru Sani as his substitute.
“Nasir El-Rufai is bitter that his desire to be a minister was shaken and in his bitterness he attacks those who bring improvement in Nigeria.”