Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has explained why northern governors supported Bola Ahmed Tinubu instead of former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi and Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo at the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential primaries.
According to El-rufai, the North-West and North-East national delegates decided to support Tinubu because he is the most sellable of the five Southern aspirants submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The girls governor said: “I can’t say all of us stuck with Bola Tinubu. Not all of us were stuck with Bola Tinubu. In many of our states, the delegates’ votes were divided. And I went to address the Kaduna delegates for the last time before the voting,
ATTENTION: Click “HERE” to join our WhatsApp group and receive News updates directly on your WhatsApp!
“I don’t know how the delegates voted but the feedback I got after the voting is that most of them voted Asiwaju, some voted for Amaechi and some voted for Vice president, Osinbajo.
Also Read: APC: Dogara Begs Osinbajo, Amaechi, Others To Form Formidable Force With Tinubu
“But overall you can see that overwhelming, Asiwaju Tinubu won. I cannot say all the governors did that. We the Northwest governors met and we decided that our best bet, is the person we can most easily sell in our region, and that is Asiwaju Tinubu and this is why you see the pattern of the voting that way and where the North-West goes, the North East follows.”
