The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has
revealed how his call for President Muhammadu Buhari to anoint a candidate
prior to the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential primaries, was
turned down.
Days before the primary election, the President had asked
the Progressives Governors to allow him pick his successor.
This created the indication that the President had someone
in mind to take over from him at the end of his tenure.
However, from indications, it seemed Buhari had changed his
mind and decided to allow the aspirants battle it out among themselves.
And El-Rufai, who appeared on Channels Television on Friday
evening, two days after the primary election in Abuja, said the President
overcame the pressure of deciding who the Kaduna delegates would vote for among
the five Southern aspirants submitted to him.
“I went to Mr President [Muhammadu Buhari] and asked him
‘have you decided who we should vote for?’ And he said, ‘I told you, go and vote
for any of the five’,” El-Rufai said.
“And I said, ‘Mr. President, Kaduna delegates are your
delegates, you’re going to retire and live in Kaduna. So you can tell me who
you want out of the five?’
“And Mr. President said ‘I want all five, let the delegates
choose. Tell them to vote their conscience. They’re representing 10 million
people of Kaduna State. It is their responsibility. So let them discharge it
and choose the right candidate.”
Former Lagos Governor and National Leader of the ruling
party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu went ahead to claim victory in the primary.
He won the presidential primary after he scored 1,271 to
defeat his closest challenger, former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike
Amaechi, who polled 316.
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