How Buhari refused to tell Kaduna delegates who to vote at APC primary – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday related how President Muhammadu Buhari refused to dictate to delegates from his state who to vote for at the recently concluded All Progressives Congress’ presidential primaries.

The primary was won by former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

El-Rufai, who stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said President Buhari told the delegates to “vote their conscience.”

“In many of our states, the delegate votes were divided,” he said.

“Before I went to address the Kaduna delegates for the last time, I went to the President and I asked him, have you decided on who we should vote for? He said, I told you, go and vote for any of the five (candidates selected by APC Governors)

“I said, Mr. President, the Kaduna delegates are your delegates, you are going to retire and live in Kaduna. So you can tell me who you want out of the five, and the President said ‘I want all five’.

“I said, what then should I tell Kaduna delegates. He said, tell them to vote their conscience; they are representing 10 million people in Kaduna state. It’s a heavy responsibility, and they should discharge it and pick the best candidate.

“Now I don’t know how the Kaduna delegates voted, but the feedback I got after the voting is that most of them voted for Asiwaju, some voted for Amaechi and some voted for Professor Yemi Osinbajo.”

With Channels Television report