You can’t impose Tinubu on the North, Bafarawa tells El-Rufai

Attahiru Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto State, has expressed his displeasure with Governor Nasir El- Rufai of Kaduna State for saying that the north was in support of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In an interview with BBC over the weekend, Bafarawa, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said that other persons from the region were also pushing 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?” he said.

The former governor noted that youngsters who reason well in their youthful exuberance are better than someone who is 100 years old if we are to consider age.

“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 said.