A ranar Litinin, 10 ga Maris, 2025, tsohon gwamnan jihar Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, ya sanar da komawarsa jam’iyyar SDP bayan ya yi watsi da jam’iyyar APC. Wannan sauyi ya biyo bayan ziyarce-ziyarcen siyasa da ya yi tare da manyan ‘yan siyasa a Najeriya, wanda ya jawo hankalin jama’a.
Nazarin abubuwan da suka faru ya nuna cewa El-Rufai ya fuskanci matsaloli da dama a cikin jam’iyyar APC, wanda ya ce sun janyo masa wahala wajen gudanar da al’amuran siyasa. Rahotanni sun bayyana cewa ziyarce-ziyarcen El-Rufai sun hada da ganawa da manyan shugabannin jam’iyyun adawa da na APC kafin yanke wannan hukunci.
A cikin ziyarar, El-Rufai ya ziyarci ofishin jam’iyyar SDP a Abuja, inda ya gana da shugabanninta a ranar 20 ga watan Maris, 2024. Wannan ziyara ta haifar da ce-ce-ku-ce a tsakanin masu ruwa da tsaki a harkokin siyasa.
Bayan haka, El-Rufai ya gana da Rabiu Kwankwaso, jagoran jam’iyyar NNPP, a ranar 28 ga watan Yunin 2024, inda suka tattauna batutuwan siyasa na yanzu. Hakanan, ya ziyarci tsohon shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari a Kaduna a ranar 7 ga Maris, 2025, domin tattauna lamuran siyasa.
Akwai kuma ziyarar da El-Rufai ya yi wa Rauf Aregbesola da Fasto Tunde Bakare a Lagos, wanda ya kasance kwana guda kafin ya fice daga APC. A karshe, ya kai ziyara ga Atiku Abubakar, tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa, wanda hakan ya jawo hankalin masu siyasarm.
Wannan sauyi na El-Rufai zuwa jam’iyyar SDP yana nuni da cewa akwai yiwuwar sabbin canje-canje a fagen siyasa a Najeriya, musamman a lokacin da ake tunkarar zaɓen 2027. Masu fashin baki sun yi hasashen cewa wannan lamari na iya sauya yadda jam’iyyun siyasa ke gudanar da harkokinsu a kasar.