The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna State and Senator representing Kaduna Central District, Malam Uba Sani, has said that Governor Nasir El-Rufai will garner the highest votes in the state for the Tinubu/Shettime ticket in the 2023 presidential election, because “El-Rufai reigns supreme” in the state.
Sani gave the assurance at the official inauguration of the vice-presidential candidate Kashim Shettima as the Chairman, Arewa Women for Tinubu (AWT), organised by the support group.
The lawmaker also debunked a rumour in the media of a “cold war” between Shettima and the governor, dismissing it report as “malicious and borne out of ignorance of the brotherly relationship between El-Rufai and Shettima”.
He pledged that the APC presidential ticket will extract most of its winning votes from Kaduna, where El-Rufai “reigns supreme”.
He said: “I want to also deliver a goodwill message from my brother, Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State. I want to also say here that Governor El-Rufai has total support for our brother, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima; we have worked together, we are brothers and we are friends.”
The senator recalled that when the news broke out that Shettima had been selected as Tinubu’s running mate, El-Rufai was the first to try to call and wish him well. Unfortunately, he said, a lot of people, obviously ignorant of the cordiality between El-Rufai and Shettima, spread false reports in the press.
“I assure you, and stand to be quoted anywhere, any time, that Kaduna State will deliver the highest votes for the Tinubu presidency in 2023,” Uba said.
Thereafter, the senator presented an award of honour from the Arewa Women for Tinubu to Shettima.
