The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, President-General, Yerima Shettima on Tuesday insisted that Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State was working towards becoming the Vice President in 2023.
Shettima, who spoke exclusively with us, made the remark while condemning the governor for saying the Southern part of Nigeria should be allowed to produce the country’s next president.
El-Rufai had said the North had no justification to hold onto power at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure in 2023.
The governor had stressed that the South should be allowed to produce the country’s next president in the interest of justice, equity and fairness.
However, Shettima stressed that the governor was only pursuing his selfish interest.
He maintained that El-Eufai’s comment was not in the interest of the North.
According to Shettima: “El-Rufai is just a governor and a mere politician who is ever ready to bargain for what he feels will represent his individual and personal interest.
“He is probably saying this because he wants them to consider him for Vice President and only God knows the side of the South he was referring to as he did not specify.
But he may be saying this because he wants to be considered as a running mate to whoever will contest.”
The AYCF President General stressed that El-Rufai’s statement was not a reflection of the North.
He cautioned Nigerians against absorbing declarations of politicians without proper scrutiny.
Shettima added: “For us Northerners he remains a governor, his decision does not in any way reflect the interest of the North even in Kaduna he won’t get one-third.
His statement holds no water and it represents his personal interest.
“You know due to his character of desperation, he is ever ready to bargain and that is why if a politician comes out to make any statement look at it thoroughly you will realise that it’s his personal interest.”
He expressed the belief that the governor was going about justling for the position of the Vice President because he’s not popular in the North, even in Kaduna.
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