I’d never turn my back on APC, says Buhari after El-Rufai’s post-defection remarks

I’d never turn my back on APC, says Buhari after El-Rufai’s post-defection remarks

 Muhammadu Buhari, former president of Nigeria, says he
remains a committed member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

In a statement on Thursday, Garba Shehu, the former
president’s spokesperson, said he would never turn his back on the ruling party
that gave him the platform to become the country’s president.

 

“I am an APC member, and I like to be addressed as such. I
will try to popularise the party by all means,” Shehu quoted Buhari in the
statement.

 

“Without referring to any individual, a cast of characters,
or issues, principles and ideals currently being discussed by party leaders at
various levels, the former president, Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated what he
said times without number that he is a member of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, and would like to be addressed as a loyal member of the party,” the
statement reads.

 

“He says he wants to leave no one in doubt that he would
never turn his back on the party that gave him two terms of office and would do
whatever he can to popularize it.”

 

Shehu said Buhari “has nothing but gratitude for the support
that the party gave him before and during his tenure as president, which he
considers as the highest honour, and would never ask for anything more”.

 

The statement comes hours after Nasir el-Rufai, former
governor of Kaduna, said he consulted Buhari before resigning from his
membership in the APC.

 

On Monday, el-Rufai announced that he had joined the Social
Democratic Party (SDP).

 

Speaking in an interview on BBC Hausa, el-Rufai said he does
not make a major decision without first consulting Buhari.

 

“There are certain people that before I do any major thing
or make any decision I consult, and anything they ask me not to do, I don’t do,
and former President Muhammadu Buhari is among them,” el-Rufai said in Hausa.

Source: I’d never turn my back on APC, says Buhari after El-Rufai’s post-defection remarks

 - NigerianEye

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