Tinubu’s Running Mate: El-Rufai Choice Opposed as choice by group

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Tinubu Support Organisation described El-Rufai as the most suitable candidate running mare to APC presidential flag bearer in the forthcoming election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. 

However, the news did not go down well with some members of the APC because some disgruntled youths from the North East Stakeholders Forum of the APC have outrightly rejected the open endorsement of Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor.

While speaking to journalists in Kaduna on Monday, the Director-General of Tinubu Support Organisation, Aminu Suleiman, said it was after a consultative meeting with the party’s important stakeholders in the North-West geopolitical zone to elect the Kaduna governor as the best among the contenders.

He said that since the North-West represents Nigeria’s single largest voting bloc, it should produce the next Vice President. He did not fail to mention that many outstanding individuals in the APC could fit the bill as Tinubu’s running mate.

Haruna Sardauna, Chairman of the APC North-East Youth Stakeholders Forum, opposed the development on Monday night, urging Nigerians to reject el-Rufai’s imposition on the country.

Sardauna said:

The North East should be given the slot, considering the sacrifices the region has made for the party in the 2015 and 2019 general elections. North-East APC Youth Stakeholders Forum, on behalf of our region, wants the party and President Muhammadu Buhari to zone the VP slot to our region unconditionally. 

For President Muhammadu Buhari’s election as Nigeria’s president in 2015 and 2019, the area (North-East) donated more than 70 per cent of their votes in both elections. In our view, it’s time for the North-East to be recognized not only for their role in ousting a sitting President but also for supporting Buhari and the APC’s progressive principles.

It’s not wrong to say this is our time, and it’s not right to deny this opportunity to our region, morally. Choosing a vice president from a different region would be political suicide because of the significant amount of votes from the region, especially when Atiku emerged as the PDP’s flagbearer.

It is on the basis of the reality that a son of the region must serve as Vice President in order to secure our region’s bloc votes; we offer this recommendation.

It is our hope that our dear President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Working Committee of our great party will take these concerns seriously and do the essential for the progress and success of our party and country.

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