{"id":195371,"date":"2022-06-11T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T12:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=195371"},"modified":"2022-06-11T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T12:16:33","slug":"apc-presidential-primaries-how-buhari-turned-me-down-on-anointed-candidate-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/11\/apc-presidential-primaries-how-buhari-turned-me-down-on-anointed-candidate-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"APC presidential primaries: How Buhari turned me down on anointed candidate \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari turned down his call to anoint a candidate prior to the All Progressives Congress, APC\u2019s presidential primaries at the Eagles Square in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari days before the APC primary had asked the Progressives Governors to allow him pick his successor, indication that the President had someone in mind to take over from him in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Channels Television on Friday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/11\/apc-presidential-primaries-why-nothern-governors-chose-tinubu-over-amaechi-osinbajo-el-rufai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El-Rufai<\/a> said the President overcame the pressure of deciding who the Kaduna delegates would vote for among the five Southern aspirants submitted to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Mr President [Muhammadu Buhari] and asked him \u2018have you decided who we should vote for?\u2019 And he said, \u2018I told you, go and vote for any of the five\u2019,\u201d El-Rufai said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I said, \u2018Mr. President, Kaduna delegates are your delegates, you\u2019re going to retire and live in Kaduna. So you can tell me who you want out of the five?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Mr. President said \u2018I want all five, let the delegates choose. Tell them to vote their conscience. They\u2019re representing 10 million people of Kaduna State. It is their responsibility. So let them discharge it and choose the right candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won the presidential primary after he scored 1,271 to defeat his closest challenger, former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, who polled 316.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari turned down his call to anoint a candidate prior to the All Progressives Congress, APC\u2019s presidential primaries at the Eagles Square in Abuja. 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