The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, President-General,
Yerima Shettima on Tuesday insisted that Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna
State was working towards becoming the Vice President in 2023.
Shettima, who spoke with Dailypost, made the
remark while condemning the governor for saying the Southern part of Nigeria
should be allowed to produce the country’s next president.
El-Rufai had said the North had no justification to hold
onto power at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure in 2023.
The governor had stressed that the South should be allowed
to produce the country’s next president in the interest of justice, equity and
fairness.
However, Shettima stressed that the governor was only
pursuing his selfish interest.
He maintained that El-Eufai’s comment was not in the
interest of the North.
According to Shettima: “El-Rufai is just a governor and a
mere politician who is ever ready to bargain for what he feels will represent
his individual and personal interest.
“He is probably saying this because he wants them to
consider him for Vice President and only God knows the side of the South he was
referring to as he did not specify. But he may be saying this because he wants
to be considered as a running mate to whoever will contest.”
The AYCF President General stressed that El-Rufai’s
statement was not a reflection of the North.
He cautioned Nigerians against absorbing declarations of
politicians without proper scrutiny.
Shettima added: “For us Northerners he remains a governor,
his decision does not in any way reflect the interest of the North even in
Kaduna he won’t get one-third. His statement holds no water and it represents
his personal interest.
“You know due to his character of desperation, he is ever
ready to bargain and that is why if a politician comes out to make any
statement look at it thoroughly you will realise that it’s his personal
interest.”
He expressed the belief that the governor was going about
justling for the position of the Vice President because he’s not popular in the
North, even in Kaduna.
“He is probably going around behind the scenes now
negotiating to be Vice President of the country considering the fact that he
may not be the popular candidate from the North. If the North is to produce
candidates for the presidency, El-Rufai is not among the first 10 we are
considering. He has probably realized that his chances are slim and narrow so
he is ever ready to negotiate and make it looks like he is more accepted in one
part of the country so he is willing to go around side by side whoever emerges
from the South.
“I can see his body language that whoever he thinks it’s
going to work with is completely doomed so whoever he thinks will consider him
to be Vice President is just wasting time and whatever he says does not
represent the interest of Northerners and it can never be.
“What do you expect from a sinking boat who has lost the
goodwill of his people can’t go for third term as governor, as a result, he is
desperate to remain in political office, hence he is ever willing and ready to
bargain against the collective interest of his people because he’s desperate to
hold the political office of the vice president and unfortunately for him he is
not that popular so whoever considers him as Vice President should know his
picking a product that is not sellable in the North. El-Rufai is a sinking ship
that can only fall anywhere just to survive.”
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