Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the visit of the two governors, who headed straight to the President’s office, may not be unconnected with the outcome of the All Progressives Congress primaries and screening exercise conducted by the party’s headquarters.
It would be recalled that Senator Shehu Sani was the only aspirant cleared by the national headquarters of the APC to contest for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District seat against the wish of El-Rufai.
Prior to Sani’s clearance, the governor had endorsed his Political Adviser, Uba Sani, as sole candidate of the APC for the senatorial seat.
The governor had also insisted that party primary be held to determine the party’s flag-bearer in the 2019 Senatorial poll instead of the automatic endorsement of the incumbent senator.
NAN learnt that El-Rufai’s preferred candidate for the senatorial seat, Uba Sani, had since gone to court to stop Shehu Sani’s automatic endorsement by the National Working Committee of the APC.
The APC Senate screening committee also cleared Senator Ajayi Borrofice as sole aspirant for Ondo North Senatorial District seat against the wish of the state governor, who had wanted to dislodge him through a primary.
The outcome of the visit of Akeredolu and El-Rufai to the Presidential Villa was still unknown as of the time of filing this report as no statement or confirmation on whether the governors were able to meet with the President or not though sources said they met him behind closed doors.
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