The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has dismissed insinuations that a key member of the coalition, Nasir El-Rufai poses a threat to the President’s reelection in 2027.

Dare insisted that El-Rufai has no electoral value, stressing that there are other opposition members who can command better votes.

Recently, El-Rufai had teamed up with the opposition coalition which adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as its platform.

El-Rufai had said the coalition’s main target is to ensure Tinubu loses his reelection bid in 2027.

However, featuring on Mic On podcast with Seun Okinbaloye on Saturday, El-Rufai said Tinubu’s reforms would secure him a second term.

Dare said: “Is El-Rufai 110 million Nigerians who will vote? How many voters does el-Rufai command? Even if he commands them, can he decide who they will cast their vote for?

”I have respect for him, but this idea to equate El-Rufai with Nigeria and millions of votes is an overreach.”

He said there are politicians who “command larger votes, better influence, and are key to the transformation taking place in this country.

“El-Rufai is not bigger than any other Nigerian because everybody has a stake in the country,” he said