Governor El-Rufai Reveals Who Presidency May Support - Not Tinubu




El-Rufai has dropped what could be presidency game changer towards the APC Presidential primary. 


Presidential hopeful - Tinubu has already visited the State, with the delegates promising to support him.

Minister of Transportation - Rotimi Amaechi also visited and there is a new tune. 


Speaking to the Kaduna delegates during the consultative visit by Amaechi to the State, Governor El Rufai said, “I told you when you made that pledge to Asiwaju that others may not come, because of what you have done. You made that choice without listening to anyone else. Today you have seen the difference. You’ve heard Amaechi, you’ve seen what he has done. And he has brought a very strong security team. So you know what will happen with our security if he is in charge.”

Also telling them why the President Muhammadu Buhari could support Amaechi, El-Rufai said:


“He made the sacrifice to move to our party. It was a game-changer. This is part of the reason President Buhari loves Minister Amaechi till tomorrow,” El-Rufai said.

The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who is also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described as President Muhammadu Buhari's confidant and loyalist.


“Let me tell you people something, in 2011 when we were in CPC, we were to go to convention and we didn’t have money. Amaechi then was governor of Rivers State under the PDP., I don’t know how he got to know, then he asked how much was needed to hold the convention, and he gave the money. It was the money we used to organise the 2011 convention.





“Since then, President Muhammadu Buhari asked me to continue talking to him. When they were meeting, thinking of defecting to APC, we used to meet with the seven governors before two chickened out. ”Amaechi turned his back against his own neighbour, Goodluck Jonathan and said he was going to follow Buhari. He held on to that trust, that is why Daura Emirate gave him that title of Dan Amanan Daura. “We are followers of Buhari. It is what he tells us that we do. So, here is my friend and Buhari’s loyalist, what are you going to do? You should know, after today’s discussion, there are going to be discussions."



He also recalled how the minister came swiftly to his rescue back in the past when he was looked for by the Department of State Service (DSS). 


“There was a time I was in the opposition, the DSS was looking for me, they wanted to arrest me. Amaechi told me where to go and wait for him.

"I waited and he drove me to the DSS himself and insisted that I should be questioned and released to him the same day and that was what happened. So, who is my friend? Who is my confidant?”


The governor, therefore, told the APC delegates in the state to be prepared about what to tell other aspirants when they come. He said:

 "Amaechi is here, and I told you that the Vice President - Professor Yemi Osinbajo is also coming after him, Governor Kayode Fayemi is also coming, Also, my big brother who took CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakari, is also coming. As a result of that, you should be prepared and know what to tell them.




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