By Ifreke Inyang The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has disclosed reasons his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, “excus...
By Ifreke Inyang
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has disclosed
reasons his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, “excused himself” from a
meeting of northern governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Addressing reporters afterwards, El-Rufai explained that 13
of the 19 APC governors from the North agreed that APC’s presidential ticket
should be zoned to the South.
The Kaduna Governor, however, claimed Bello, who is also an
APC presidential hopeful, decided not to attend the meeting.
“The governor of Kogi State chose to excuse himself from the
meeting with Mr. President, because he does not agree with our position.
“There are 14 APC governors out of the 19 northern States.
13 of us are on one page on this subject and we all came to see the president.
“But the governor of Kogi State excused himself, and he is
within his democratic rights to excuse himself,” El-Rufai said.
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