Nigeria, July 28 -- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has banned former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the membership of the party for a period of 30 years.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Araba-Aiyenigba, in Abuja, seen by PREMIUM TIMES.

A conflict had earlier ensued between the party's national leadership and the Kaduna chapter, which affirmed Mr El-Rufai as a registered member.

The party's North-West Zonal Secretary, Inuwa Idris, on Friday at a press conference in Kaduna, had disowned Mr El-Rufai.

He insisted the former governor was neither a registered member of the SDP nor authorised to speak for the party

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