Nigeria, March 14 -- Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, left him as against the idea that he left the party.

Recall that the former governor had earlier announced his defection from the ruling APC to the Social Democratic Party, SDP.

El-rufai blamed the fall-out between his personal values and the current direction of the APC for his defection to the SDP.

He expressed disappointment with the APC leadership, maintaining that the ruling party strayed from the progressive ideals of its founding members.

Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, El-Rufai said his expulsion from the APC would have saved him from the inconvenience of explaining himself.

"Well, it would ha...