Buhari Was Shocked When Lawan Was Named APC Anointed Candidate - El-Rufai (Video)

 

 

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna has revealed President Muhammadu Buhari's reaction after he was informed that Senate President Ahmad Lawan was his “anointed” presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

According to him, Buhari expressed shock that after it was told him that Lawan was his annointed candidate.

 

Speaking on Thursday while responding to questions on a programme on TVC, el-Rufai said the president said he had no idea about the choice of Lawan.

 

In June 2022, hours before voting at the APC presidential primary was scheduled to start, Abdullahi Adamu, national chair of the party, had announced the senate president as the consensus candidate for the party.

 

“It’s just an information he gave us. All of us are entitled to our opinion. We are all democrats. This decision was never taken by the NWC, but an information given to the NWC,” Sulaiman Argungu, APC national organising secretary, had said at the time.

 

The announcement had been met with mixed reactions, including a rejection by several APC governors.

 

Speaking on Thursday, el-Rufai said Buhari was very clear about his position on the choice of a presidential candidate for the party.

 

“We heard that too. The members of the national working committee called us and said that the national chairman had told them that the senate president is the anointed one,” the Kaduna governor said.