The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Malam Uba Sani, has assured the vice-presidential candidate of the APC, Senator Kashim Shettima, that Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i would deliver Kaduna for the Tinubu/Ticket in the 2023 presidential election “because el-Rufa’i reigns supreme” in the state.
Senator Sani gave the assurance at the official inauguration of the VP candidate Kashim Shettima as the Chairman, Arewa Women for Tinubu (AWT) organized by the support group.
The lawmaker also debunked media rumours of a cold war between Shettima and the Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i.
Dismissing the report as malicious and borne out of ignorance of the brotherly relationship between El-Rufa’i and Shettima, Uba Sani pledged that the APC presidential ticket will extract most of its winning votes from Kaduna, where El-Rufa’i reigns supreme.
“I also want to deliver a goodwill message from my brother, Governor Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i of Kaduna state.
“I want to also say here that Governor El-Rufa’i has total support for our brother, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima; we have worked together, we are brothers and we are friends,” he said.
He said when the news broke out that Shettima had been selected as Tinubu’s running mate, El-Rufa’i was the first to try to call and wish him well.
