kaduna kingdom governor, nasir el-rufai, has challenged former vice-president atiku abubakar, to prove that he funded president muhammadu buhari’s marketing campaign in 2015.
el-rufai said this at the same time as speakme on a voice of the united states (voa) hausa provider programme, “democracy nowadays”, which was monitored in kaduna.
el-rufai stated: “we within the apc had been conscious from the outset that atiku turned into going to depart the apc returned to the pdp in december and we thank god that he left in november.
“atiku had seen that we inside the apc, specifically the apc governors, had resolved to assist president muhammadu buhari to run again in 2019. that is why he left apc because he turned into only seeking out wherein to contest for president.
“even inside the 2015 apc number one election, atiku didn’t come 2d; he turned into floored via kwankwaso. so, even supposing president buhari makes a decision now not to contest, atiku is aware of that the apc price tag is not certain for him. majority of the apc governors have endorsed president buhari as our candidate for 2019.
“and god has endured to improve the health condition of the president. on every occasion i see him, i thank god and that i nevertheless pray that god continues to provide him sound fitness.
“so, through 2019, we are ready to see atiku contest; we are waiting to contest towards him and notice what occurs. i cannot lose sleep due to the fact atiku desires to contest because, by god’s grace, that is the reign of president muhammadu buhari.
“agreed, in politics in case you lose even best one man or woman, it should fear you, however the utterances of the former vp that apc used his cash who did he give the money to? for me, i know people who supported us with their money and property that we used in the course of election, and i in no way heard the name of atiku that he introduced a dime. if atiku said he delivered money, who did he deliver it to? let him come and say it and what kind of did he provide and what was it used for?
“and, in fact, if atiku delivered money, i need to recognise, due to the fact i used to be part of the leadership of the birthday celebration and at some stage in marketing campaign, along side former governor rotimi amaechi. we were on the centre of the presidential marketing campaign. therefore, we are imagined to recognize. so, allow him mention who he gave the cash and what sort of?”
requested approximately a large range of apc members who’re probably to follow atiku to pdp, el-rufai stated: “positive, we realize that, we can’t rule out the possibility of a few greedy human beings following him; those which are following fabric things. however, if people will bear in mind how we can work for the progress of our us of a, all people is aware of which you can’t evaluate atiku with president muhammadu buhari.”
