BUHARI ENDORSED MY SECOND TERM BID - EL RUFAI

Governor Nasir el-rufai of Kaduna State has said President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed his bid to seek re-election in 2019 together with his deputy, Barnabas Bala Bandex.

Speaking in a radio live interview on Sunday, to mark the 57th independence anniversary of the country, the governor remarked that with the endorsement by Mr President, he would definitely seek re-election.

It will be recalled that his endorsement was coming barely after a stakeholders’ forum of the All Progressive Congress (APC) endorsed him and the president.

Commenting further, an governor disclosed that after the endorsement by the party on September 16, he went and briefed the president.

”It was after I have finished briefing him that he (President) gave me the nod to seek re-election together with my deputy.

However, he was quick to add that this did not mean any person interested could not come out, saying, you know the constitution of our party allowed for primaries to elect a standard-bearer.

”It equally allows for a consensus candidate if the majority of the party members agreed on a consensus candidate.

According to him, whatever be the case, he was ready to face anybody in a free contest in order to clinch the party’s ticket once again.

On the seemingly division in the party, the governor maintained that it was the handiwork of some disgruntled elements who thought they could only strive if there were crises.

”Very soon, we are going to invite every stakeholder to a meeting and allow any body who feels he or she is short changed to express his grievances. We are democrats and we are ready to adjust if we erred,”he stressed.

EL-RUFAI IS A SNAKE, BUHARI SHOULD BE WARY OF HIM - SHEHU SANI

Lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District , Shehu Sani , has described the endorsement of Governor Nasir el - Rufai by the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State for a second term as a charade .

Sani , while condemning the endorsement in a statement on Tuesday , described el - Rufai ’ s mobilisation of support for President Muhammadu Buhari to get a second term as self - serving .

He said , “ The so - called endorsement of Governor el - Rufai by the Kaduna APC amounts to endorsement of toxic waste . El - Rufai simply gathered his employees , aides and hangers - on to endorse him . He is a poisonous viper corrosive to the integrity and moral standing of the party in the state and the nation.

“ El- Rufai ’ s name dropping and mobilisation for Buhari 2019 is self -serving . His loyalty to Buhari is for political relevance and his allegiance to Buhari is for self protection and preservation .

“ Now that President Buhari is back from medical vacation and the chancesof becoming a Vice- President is zero , el - Rufai has taken up a new project for Buhari 2019 . El- Rufai ’ s obsession with Buhari is not about Buhari but about himself . Buhari should protect his testicles from a man who always bend close to his knees .

“ Those who endorsed el - Rufai are marketing a bottled fart . A man who boasts of sending (the late former President Umaru ) Yar ’ Adua to his grave should not be trusted by Buhari . The snake that killed the hunter can kill the charmer. ”

Pictures,Sokoto And Kaduna State Govs,Tambuwal ,El Rufai Receive World's Richest Man ,Bill Gates In Kaduna.

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru el’Rufai alongside his Sokoto state counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday received the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, in Kaduna, the state capital.

Gates is in Kaduna to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Dangote foundation on routine immunization