Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, should have expelled him from the party.
El-Rufai said he quit the APC and asked them to “eat the party if it is food.”
Recently, El-Rufai defected from the APC to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The former governor blamed the misalignment between his personal values and the current direction of the APC for his defection to the SDP.
El-Rufai expressed disappointment with the APC leadership, stressing that the ruling party strayed from the progressive ideals of its founding members.
El-Rufai claimed that his expulsion from the APC would have spared him the trouble of having to defend himself in an interview with BBC Hausa Service.
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“Well, it would have been better for me if they expelled me. I have stated many times that APC would be my last political party,” El-Rufai said.
“Had they expelled me, they would have saved me the troubles of explaining why I left the APC. As I said, I have not left the APC, but the APC rather left me.
“What next? I quit their party, and challenged them to eat the party if it is food.”
