{"id":358048,"date":"2025-03-10T08:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=358048"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:25:28","slug":"el-rufai-meets-aregbesola-bakare-as-scheming-for-2027-polls-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/10\/el-rufai-meets-aregbesola-bakare-as-scheming-for-2027-polls-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufai meets Aregbesola, Bakare as scheming for 2027 polls intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Though details of El-Rufai\u2019s meeting with the two politicians were not divulged to the public, it is widely believed that the encounter was part of his political maneuvering ahead of the 2027 general elections<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/06\/three-kaduna-men-to-die-by-hanging-for-rape\/\">Kaduna 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