Nigeria, July 26 -- A leadership crisis may be brewing in the Social Democratic Party (SDP) following conflicting statements from its Kaduna State chapter and the North-west Zonal Secretariat over the membership status of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

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.

"It has come to our attention that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has taken it upon himself to appear in various fora, including policy dialogues, stakeholder engagements, and even private strategy meetings, purporting to speak on behalf of the Socia...