Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto, voiced his concern with Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state for declaring that the north supports Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s presidential candidate (APC).
People Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Bafarawa claimed in an interview with the BBC that other people from the area were also supporting their candidates.
“He (El-Rufai) was insisting that Tinubu must win the election, whether people like it or not, they have already won. Who told him that the whole of the North is supporting the APC?
“This is just his opinion, in that case, he has no right to insist on the North because everybody has his candidate.
“The way he is campaigning for Tinubu that is how we are campaigning for our candidate. We will shock them, we will make them understand that this country belongs to nobody, likewise the North.” Bafarawa said.
According to the former governor, if age were to be taken into account, young people who can think clearly in their youthful enthusiasm would be superior to someone who is 100 years old.
“He is talking about being 63, doesn’t he see that there are still elders left in the North? For us, we see that these comments are lacking in responsibility.
“He thinks that we are not elders, he will understand that there are elders in the north. His comments lack being responsible and respectful, What is expected of him are comments that can lead to the development of the North and the development of the country at large.
“El-Rufai talked about contesting for elections and winning, if this is what he referred to as being responsible, we have contested and won before him,” he stated.
