Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has said that he expects President Muhammadu Buhari to look for who the APC will put forward as its presidential candidate if he would not run for second term.
However the governor has expressed satisfaction with Buhari's leadership, insisting that he deserves a second term for the best interest of Nigeria.
“My prayer is that the president gets well…gets back to full health and run again because I still believe his being president…the stability that he brings to the office is in the best interest of Nigeria,” El-Rufai said on Friday.
The Governor also said if Buhari decides not to run, he expects him to have a say in who the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) puts forward as its candidate.
El-Rufai, who observe d Juma’at Prayer with the President yesterday , also admitted he is aware that some of Buhari’s aides don’t like him .
“Within the Villa, there are people that like me and there are those who don’t and it is normal. My relationship with the President has never been strained in any way,” he explained.
