Rufai Reveals Why Northern Governors Picked Tinubu
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Rufai Reveals Why Northern Governors Picked Tinubu

Rufai Reveals Why Northern Governors Picked Tinubu

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed why the Northern governor picked Bola Tinubu over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.Information Guide Nigeria

According to NAIJANEWS, Nasir El-Rufai said APC delegates and governors from the North-West and North-East met and resolved to support Bola Tinubu after seeing him as the most sellable of the five Southern aspirants submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari.

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He 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,

“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.Jamb Result

“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.”

Idongesit is a graduate of Communication Arts, University of Uyo. Currently working as a news reporter at InfoGuide Nigeria.

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