Shettima, El-Rufai
2019: APC MAY CONSIDER EL-RUFAI, SHETTIMA FOR PRESIDENCY
Following the strong worded
letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Mohammadu
Buhari, the ruling All Progressive Congress is said to have gone to the board
room in search of a credible candidate that would be acceptable in 2019.
A party insider informed African Drum that Governor Nasiru
El-Rufai of Kaduna State is highly being considered by the party. However,
another source informed this magazine that actually, its El-Rufai and Kashim
Shettima of Borno State that are being propped up by two diametrically opposed
interest groups within the party.
It is further said that while the
Buharists within the party are canvassing for El-Rufai in case the President
declines to contest in 2019, the Ahmed Tinubu team are for Shettima. Those in
Tinubu team, according to a source, said they are in support of Shettima
because he is less controversial and dogged, having weathered the storm of the
Boko Haram insurgency adding that he was also easily sellable in the South
West..
Recalled that Obasanjo in his
letter entitled “The way out” had berated the administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari and faulted the President over the poor state of the economy
and Federal Government’s inability to halt the wanton killings by suspected
Fulani herdsmen in many states of the Federation.
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