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APC: How Buhari Turned Me Down on Anointed Presidential Candidate – El-Rufai

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Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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APC: How Buhari Turned Me Down on Anointed Presidential Candidate – El-Rufai | Daily Report Nigeria
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of of Kaduna State has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari turned him down when he asked the president to anoint a candidate prior to the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential primaries.

DAILY REPORT NG had reported that before the Party’s presidential primary election, Buhari had asked the Governors to allow him pick his successor.

The president, however, seemed to had changed his mind and decided to allow the aspirants battle it out among themselves.

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Speaking on the issue, El-Rufai, who appeared on Channels Television on Friday evening, disclosed that Buhari overcame the pressure of deciding who the Kaduna delegates would vote for among the five Southern aspirants submitted to him.

He said: “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’,”

“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.”

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