Presidency: Kaduna APC delegates beg Tinubu to pick El-Rufai as running mate

 

Members of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State have pleaded with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party's former National Leader and presidential hopeful, to choose Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the state governor, as his running partner in the 2023 presidential election. 

Tinubu was in Kaduna last Thursday to canvass the votes of 69 APC state delegates ahead of the party's presidential primary. 

When the present President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), steps down next year, the presidential candidate told the delegates that he is convinced that he will be the country's next President.

“Some are running," Tinubu remarked, "I don't know where they're going, but I'm going to the Villa." 

In light of this, Kaduna APC delegates unanimously approved Tinubu, while the Kaduna chapter of the party begged with Tinubu to choose El-Rufai as his running mate. 

Garba Babawo, the legislator representing Sabon Gari, Kaduna Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Ports and Harbours, spoke on behalf of Kaduna delegates, urging Tinubu to choose El-Rufai as his running partner.

Babawo said, “We have a request for you (Tinubu), sir. What I’m about to say, I did not tell our governor because I know if I tell him he would not support it. We want you to take our governor as your running mate.

“We don’t want him to go and settle outside the country after the election because we know his plan. His plan is to leave the country and live overseas after his tenure as the governor. But we want him to serve the country as your running mate.”